prompt
Cross references:
1. quick
1. prompt \'pra:m(p)t\ vt [ME prompten, fr. ML promptare, fr. L promptus
prompt] 1: to move to action : INCITE 2: to assist (one acting or
reciting) by suggesting the next words of some thing forgotten or
imperfectly learned : CUE 3: to serve as the inciting cause of : URGE -
prompt.er n
2. prompt \'pra:m(p)-tle-, 'pra:m-ple-\ \'pra:mt-n*s, 'pra:mp-n*s\ aj [ME,
fr. MF or L; MF, fr. L promptus ready, prompt, fr. pp. of promere] to bring
forth, fr. pro- forth + emere to take - more at REDEEM 1: being ready and
quick to act as occasion demands : PUNCTUAL 2: performed readily or
immediately {~ assistance} 3: of or relating to prompting actors {~ side}
- prompt.ly av
3. prompt \'pra:m(t)s, 'pra:mps\ n or prompts pl 1: REMINDER 2: a limit
of time given for payment of an account for goods purchased; also : the
contract by which this time is fixed