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Webster 1913 Edition


Transprose

Trans-prose′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
trans-
+
prose
.]
To change from prose into verse; to versify; also, to change from verse into prose.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Definition 2024


transprose

transprose

English

Verb

transprose (third-person singular simple present transproses, present participle transprosing, simple past and past participle transprosed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To change from prose into verse; to versify.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To change from verse into prose.
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