2. Verb. (third-person singular of prompt) ¹
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Definition of Prompts
1. prompt [v] - See also: prompt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prompts
Literary usage of Prompts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"The organ is generally larger in men than in women; and more men are insane from
pride than women. materials -which Constructiveness prompts and enables man ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... cool'd: That prompts his hand to draw the deadly fword, z55 Force thro' the
Greeks, and pierce their haughty Lord} This ..."
3. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"... REGARDING THE NORTHERN DEPARTMENT—GATES MISTAKEN AS TO HIS POSITION—HE prompts
HIS FRIENDS IN CONGRESS—HIS PETULANT LETTER TO WASHINGTON DIGNIFIED REPLY ..."
4. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"Good-bye, and God bless you; write to me when the spirit prompts you, and believe
me always Yours very truly, PAB [My long experience of life in America ..."
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