transprose

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ prose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈpɹəʊz/, /tɹɑːnzˈpɹəʊz/

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To change from verse into prose.
   • 1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 14:

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “transprose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• transposer