prompt

n. பத்திரத்தவணை எல்லை, நினைப்பூட்டுதல், தூண்டுதற் குறிப்பு, நினைவு தூண்டுஞ்சொல், (பெ.) வரிந்தொருங்கிய, எப்போதும் செயலாயத்தமான, காலந்தவறாது சுறுசுறுப்புடன் செயலாற்றுகிற, விரைசுருக்காகச் செய்யப்பட்ட, உடனடியான, வாணிகப்பண்டங்கள் வகையில் உடனடியாகப் பணங்கொடுத்து எடுத்துப்போவதற்குரியதான, (வினை.) தூண்டு, இயக்கு, நினைவுபடுத்து, நடிகர் முதலியவர்களுக்குத் தூண்டு குறிப்புதவு, எடுத்துக்கொடு, உணர்ச்சி-எண்ணம்-செயல் முதலியவற்றை எழச்செய், (வினையடை.) தாமதமின்றி, காலந்தாழ்த்தாமல், உடனுக்குடன்.

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Prompt, a. [Compar. Prompter; superl. Promptest.] Etym: [F. prompt, L. promptus, properly, brought forth (to light or view), hence, visible, evident, at hand, ready, quick, -- p. p. of promere to take or bring forth; pro forth + emere to take. See Redeem. ] 1. Ready and quick to act as occasion demands; meeting requirements readily; not slow, dilatory, or hesitating in decision or action; responding on the instant; immediate; as, prompt in obedience or compliance; -- said of persons. Very discerning and prompt in giving orders. Clarendon. Tell him I am prompt To lay my crown at's feet. Shak. Any you, perhaps, too prompt in your replies. Dryden. 2. Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; -- said of conduct; as, prompt assistance. When Washington heard the voice of his country in distress, his obedience was prompt. Ames. 3. Easy; unobstructed. [Obs.] The reception of the light into the body of the building was very prompt. Sir H. Wotton. Syn. -- Ready; expeditious; quick; agile; alert; brisk; nimble. -- Prompt, Ready, Expeditious. One who is ready is prepared to act at the moment. One who is prompt acts at the moment. One who is expeditious carries through an undertaking with constant promptness. Prompt, n. (Com.) Defn: A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note. To cover any probable difference of price which might arise before the expiration of the prompt, which for this article [tea] is three months. J. S. Mill. 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.