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transprose

/tɹænzˈpɹəʊz/

transprose verb: to change from verse into prose.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To change from verse into prose.
    • Coordinate term: transverse
    • Inſtinct he follvvs and no farther knovvs, / For to vvrite Verſe vvith him is to Tranſproſe.1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 14

Forms of transprose

third-person singular presenttransproses
present participletransprosing
past participletransprosed
pasttransprosed

Origin of transprose

From trans- + prose.

Questions about transprose

What does transprose mean?
Transprose means to change from verse into prose.
What part of speech is transprose?
Transprose is a verb.
How do you pronounce transprose?
Transprose is pronounced /tɹænzˈpɹəʊz/.
What is the past tense of transprose?
The past tense of transprose is transprosed.

Words near transprose in the dictionary

  1. transprinted
  2. transprinting
  3. transprints
  4. transprofessional
  5. transpromontorial
  6. transprose
  7. transprosed
  8. transproser
  9. transprosers
  10. transproses
  11. transprosing

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