BEPROSE

Etymology

Verb

beprose (third-person singular simple present beproses, present participle beprosing, simple past and past participle beprosed)

(transitive, rare) To reduce to prose.

Source: Wiktionary


Be*prose", v. t.

Definition: To reduce to prose. [R.] "To beprose all rhyme." Mallet.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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