prompting

Noun

WordNet 3.0

persuasion formulated as a suggestionSynonyms: suggestion
a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken)“the audience could hear his prompting”Synonyms: prompt

Prompt \Prompt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prompted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prompting.] [1913 Webster]

1.To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. [1913 Webster]

God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity.— Jer. Taylor.[1913 Webster]

2.To suggest; to dictate. [1913 Webster]

And whispering angles prompt her golden dreams.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

3.To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. [1913 Webster]