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/prˈɑmptɪŋ/ Listen

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.

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Etymology of 'Prompting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Prompting" Quotes from Famous Books

... to mind what the boatswain had told me concerning a certain conversation in which he had overheard Hearne prompting Martin Holt to ask the half-breed what were the circumstances of his brother's death on board the Grampus. Had a portion of the secret got out, or was this apprehension on the part of Dirk Peters ...

— An Antarctic Mystery • Jules Verne

... took the letter from his pocket and tore it into fragments and scattered the fragments upon the Road. "So I thought. The letter is of their prompting." ...

— The Broken Road • A. E. W. Mason

... it was not the Bishop only who was prompting the Holy Inquisition, but the Daughter of Kings, the Mother of Learning, the Bright and Shining Sun of France and of Christendom, the University of Paris. She arrogated to herself a peculiar jurisdiction in cases of heresy or other matters of doctrine occurring in the city or its neighbourhood; ...

— The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) • Anatole France

... get mad, Maria!" implored Jedidiah, feeling that at the prompting of jealousy; he had put his foot in it. ...

— The Young Musician - or, Fighting His Way • Horatio Alger

... whim! The girl believed that she understood better than he the instinct which was prompting him to deliver over the scepter which he had treasured for ...

— Joan of Arc of the North Woods • Holman Day

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