Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prompt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prompt \Prompt\, n. (Com.)
A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce
purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See
{Prompt-note}.
To cover any probable difference of price which might
arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for
this article [tea] is three months. --J. S. Mill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Prompting}.]
1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to
instigate; to incite.
God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the
infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To suggest; to dictate.
And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams.
--Pope.
3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics
forgotten.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prompt
adj 1: according to schedule or without delay; "they were always on
time"; "a prompt reply" [syn: {on time}]
2: characterized by speed and efficiency [syn: {expeditious}, {timesaving}]
3: quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready)
response"; "a prompt smile"
4: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my
letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a
straightaway denial" [syn: {immediate}, {quick}, {straightaway}]
n 1: a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the
next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his
prompting" [syn: {prompting}]
2: (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer
screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a
command [syn: {command prompt}]
v 1: give an incentive; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
[syn: {motivate}, {propel}, {move}, {incite}]
2: serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my
relatives" [syn: {inspire}, {instigate}]
3: assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
{remind}, {cue}]
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