Proscriber
(Pro*scrib"er) n. One who, or that which, proscribes, denounces, or prohibits.
Proscript
(Pro"script) n. [See Proscribe.]
1. A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict. [R.]
2. One who is proscribed. [R.]
Proscription
(Pro*scrip"tion) n. [L. proscriptio: cf. F. proscription.]
1. The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans,
the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best
Roman citizens fell by proscription.
Every victory by either party had been followed by a sanguinary proscription.
Macaulay. 2. The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition. Macaulay.
Proscriptional
(Pro*scrip"tion*al) a. Proscriptive.
Proscriptionist
(Pro*scrip"tion*ist), n. One who proscribes.
Proscriptive
(Pro*scrip"tive) a. Of or pertaining to proscription; consisting in, or of the nature of, proscription; proscribing.
Burke. — Pro*scrip"tive*ly, adv.
Prose
(Prose) n. [F. prose, L. prosa, fr. prorsus, prosus, straight forward, straight on, for proversus;
pro forward + versus, p. p. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]
1. The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; —
contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition.
I speak in prose, and let him rymes make.
Chaucer.
Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Milton.
I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry, that is; prose
— words in their best order; poetry — the best order.
Coleridge. 2. Hence, language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass. See Sequence.
Prose
(Prose), a.
1. Pertaining to, or composed of, prose; not in verse; as, prose composition.
2. Possessing or exhibiting unpoetical characteristics; plain; dull; prosaic; as, the prose duties of life.
Prose
(Prose), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prosed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prosing.]
1. To write in prose.
2. To write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.
Prose
(Prose), v. i.
