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prompting |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prompted}; p. pr & vb n. {Prompting}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prompting n : the act of suggesting; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse" [syn: {suggestion}]
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