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   Prompt , a. [Compar. Prompter ; superl. Promptest.] [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. ]
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   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.
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   Very discerning and prompt in giving orders.
   Clarendon.
   
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   Tell him I am prompt
   To lay my crown at's feet.
   Shak.
   
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   And you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies.
   Dryden.
   
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   Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance.
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   When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress,
   his obedience was prompt.
   Ames.
   
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   Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.]
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   The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt.
   Sir H. Wotton.
   
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   Syn. -- 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.
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   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.
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   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.
   
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   Prompt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting.]
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   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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   To suggest; to dictate.
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   And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams.
   Pope.
   
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   To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.
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