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prompt
a. [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, -- p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + emere to take. See Redeem. ] ()
1. 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. (Clarendon.)
Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at's feet. (Shak.)
And you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies. (Dryden.)
2. 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. (Ames.)
3. Easy; unobstructed. ()
The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. (Sir H. Wotton.)
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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.)
v. t. ()
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. ()


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