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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Prompting}.]
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1. To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to
instigate; to incite.
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God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the
infant world by temporal prosperity. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. To suggest; to dictate.
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And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams.
--Pope.
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3. To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics
forgotten.
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