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adjective

Prompt adj. (compar. prompter; superl. promptest)

Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; said of persons. "Very discerning and prompt in giving orders." "Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at's feet." "And you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies."

Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; said of conduct; as, prompt assistance. "When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt."

Easy; unobstructed. (Obs.) "The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt."

Synonyms: Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble. Prompt, Ready, Expeditious. One who is ready is prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through an undertaking with constant promptness.

verb

Prompt v. t. (past & past part. prompted; pres. part. prompting)

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."

To suggest; to dictate. "And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams."

To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

noun

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."

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"Prompt" Quotes from Famous Books

... "You're prompt," proceeded that gentleman, ignoring his visitor's lack of cordiality. "I'm glad you're on time, for Mr. Belknap just telephoned that he was on his way here with the contracts and the representative of the company that's taking ...

— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble

... all cases be classed with sepulchral records, must yet be considered as remains of the same early period when the rock was the only book in which an author could convey his thoughts, and when history was to be handed down by memorials which should always meet the eye and prompt the question, "What mean ...

— In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious • W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent

... mind you get at the last bit of scandal. There ought to be plenty about, now that people have come back from the Riviera. But, my dear, you know exactly what I should like, so it is useless to prompt you. I leave everything to ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 29, 1893 • Various

... for a man whose heart was sufficiently hardened to treat a mere child as hers had been treated, was, in her opinion, more fiend than human, and prepared for the commission of any crime that his passions might prompt him to. The child further informed her that a letter had arrived by ...

— The Narrative of Sojourner Truth • Sojourner Truth

... been able to believe before," replied my Sage, "O wounded soul, what he has seen only in my verse,[1] he would not upon thee have stretched his hand. But the incredible thing made me prompt him to an act which grieves my very self. But tell him who thou wast, so that, by way of some amends, he may refresh thy fame in the world above, whereto it is ...

— The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell [The Inferno] • Dante Alighieri

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