Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prompting"
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)
prompting
n 1: the act of suggesting; "it was a suggestion we couldn't
refuse" [syn: {suggestion}]
2: a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the
next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his
prompting" [syn: {prompt}]
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