verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To change from verse into prose. obsolete, transitive

   "Inſtinct he follows and no farther knows, For to write Verſe with him is to Tranſprose."

Example

More examples

"Inſtinct he follows and no farther knows, For to write Verſe with him is to Tranſprose."

Etymology

From trans- + prose.

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