Middle English Dictionary Entry
prōsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | prōsen v. |
| Etymology | From prōse n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
To compose in prose.
Associated quotations
- c1450(c1393) Chaucer Scog.(Benson-Robinson)41 : But al shal passe that men prose or ryme; Take every man hys turn, as for his tyme.
- a1456 *J.Shirley in MS Add.16165 [OD col.]lf.4 : Boicius de consolacione prosed in Englische by Chaucier.