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Definition of Prompted
1. prompt [v] - See also: prompt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prompted
Literary usage of Prompted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The desire to prove that Judaism was the only true philosophy and tended to
elevate man to the highest attainable level prompted the writing of quite a ..."
2. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"CUPID prompted. To use the cold language of the world, Mrs. Alfred Lammle rapidly
improved the acquaintance of Miss Pod- snap. To use the warm language of ..."
3. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"CUPID prompted. To use the cold language of the world, Mrs. Alfred Lammle rapidly
improved the acquaintance of Miss ..."
4. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... he dashed this picture of himself upon the canvas without a thought of
composition or reflection, just as his fiery and rapid fancy prompted. ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"Their generous emulation was supported by the " love of glory, which prompted
them to contend at the same time " with heat and thirst, with fire and the ..."
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