Prompt

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

II. Prompt ·vt To Suggest; to Dictate.

III. Prompt ·vt To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to Instigate; to Incite.

IV. Prompt ·noun A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. ·see Prompt-note.