prose (s.xiii1)
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prose (s.xiii1)

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[ FEW: 9,463a prosa; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: 10,436c prose; TL: 7,1997 prose; DEAF:  prose; DMF:  prose; TLF:  prose; OED:  prose n. and adj.; MED:  prose n.; DMLBS: 2524a prosa ]
prouse  

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1literatureprose, writing without a metrical structure: 
( MS: s.xv )  A ytant je me vueil cesser De ceste rime convoier, Car tout en prouse on trouvera Cy aprés […]  277.57
( MS: s.xivm )  Ceo comence en prose et chiet en vers  3ra
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Ne say la ryme ne la prose Dont la centisme part endie De ta malice  9981
♦liturgicaleccl.musicprose, sequence, hymn: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Al loenge de sainte Audree Fist une prose ou melodie  3124
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