PROMPT
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.
PROMPT-BOOK
Prompt"-book` (, n.
Defn: The book used by a prompter of a theater.
PROMPTER
Prompt"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, prompts; one who admonishes or incites to action.
2. One who reminds another, as an actor or an orator, of the words to be spoken next; specifically, one employed for this purpose in a theater.
PROMPTITUDE
Prompt"i*tude, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. promptitudo. See Prompt, a.]