Толковый словарь английского языка - prompt

I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin ~are, from Latin ~us ~ Date: 14th century to move to action ; incite, to assist (one acting or reciting) by suggesting or saying the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned ; cue, to serve as the inciting cause of , ~er noun II. adjective Date: 1784 of or relating to ~ing actors, III. adjective see: redeem Date: 15th century being ready and quick to act as occasion demands, performed readily or immediately , see: quick ~ly adverb ~ness noun IV. noun (plural ~s) Date: circa 1531 something that ~s ; reminder, a limit of time given for payment of an account for goods purchased