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prose (s.xiii1)
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The form prouse is a cross reference to the following entry:

prose (s.xiii1)

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

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literatureprose, 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 […]  Rom 15 277.57
( MS: s.xivm )  Ceo comence en prose et chiet en vers  S Jer 3ra
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Ne say la ryme ne la prose Dont la centisme part endie De ta malice  GOWER Mirour 9981
♦liturgicaleccl.musicprose, sequence, hymn: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Al loenge de sainte Audree Fist une prose ou melodie  S Audree1 3124

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