| 释义 |
prosify, v. Chiefly humorous.|ˈprəʊzɪfaɪ|
Also prosefy.
[f. late L. prōsa or prose n. + -fy: in sense 2, after versify. The spelling prosefy is app. after stupefy, etc.]
1. trans. To turn into prose; to make prosaic.
1774Miss Carter Let. to Mrs. Montagu 28 June, Either the poetry confounds..the lesson, or the lesson prosifies the poetry. 1830Blackw. Mag. XXVIII. 882 In such a frozen atmosphere would not eloquence be congealed on the lips of an Ulysses, and poetry prosified on those of an Apollo! 1850Tait's Mag. XVII. 547/1 [He] maltreats the glorious lines of Burns,..prosefying his poetry and twaddleising his vigour.
2. intr. To make or write prose.
1816Southey Let. to G. C. Bedford 4 Feb., I cannot write verses in the presence of any person,..but I can prosify, let who will be present. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 36 Prosifying where there was prose enough before, and poetising what was poetical enough already.
So prosification |ˌprəʊzɪfɪˈkeɪʃən|, the action of ‘prosifying’, conversion into prose, making prosaic; prosifier |ˈprəʊzɪfaɪə(r)|, one who or that which ‘prosifies’.
1788A. Seward Lett. (1811) II. 12 The that's, the which's, the who's, and the whom's, are prosefiers,..injurious to the melody of verse. 1847L. Hunt Jar Honey iv. (1848) 43 This prosification of a fine bit of poetry. |