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Of or pertaining to prose; prosaic. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Consisting both of prose and verse. Clarke.

Writing prose; speaking or writing in a tedious or prosy manner. Sir W. Scott.

The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B. G. Wilder.

Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.

body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. Solar protuberances (Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a solar eclipse. They may be discovered with the spectroscope on any clear day. Called also solar prominences. See Illu…

Of or pertaining to Provence; Provencal. [Obs.] With two Provincial roses on my razed shoes. Shak.

g certain brilliant purple-red compounds of cobaltic chloride and ammonia, similar to the roseocobaltic compounds. See Cobaltic.

Capable of being, or fit to be, pursued, followed, or prosecuted. Sherwood.

The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after. Sermons are not like curious inquiries after new nothings, but pursuances of old truths. Jer. Taylor.

Acting in consequence or in prosecution (of anything); hence, agreeable; conformable; following; according; -- with to or of. The conclusion which I draw from these premises, pursuant to the query laid down, is, etc. Waterland.

To prosecute; to be engaged in; to continue. " Insatiate to pursue vain war." Milton.

A plaintiff; a prosecutor.

g or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy. Clarendon. Weak we are, and can not shun pursuit. Shak.

; as, to put the safety of the state to hazard. "That dares not put it to the touch." Montrose.

dispute; doubt; as, the story is true beyond question; he obeyed without question. There arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. John iii. 25. It is to be to question, whether it be lawful for Christian princes to make an invasive war simply for the propagation of the faith. Baco…

ddity." Bacon. The quiddity or characteristic difference of poetry as distinguished from prose. De Quincey.

An idle, ragged person. Nares. Grose.

The subject of eager desire; that which is sought after, or prosecuted, with unreasonable or excessive passion; as, to be all the rage.

or no elevation. Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary. -- Nettle rash. See Urticaria. -- Rose rash. See Roseola. -- Tooth rash. See Red-gum.