prompt (mp as m)

t. [PROMPT, a.] 1. To urge or incite to action or exertion; to instigate. "Revelations which prompted the paramount legal authority of Germany to advance so grave an impeachment." London Daily Telegraph. 2. To dictate; to suggest to the mind. "The voices of the choir far below may prompt the song of praise."- Eustace: Italy, vol. iii., ch. x. 3. To remind; to give notice to. 4. To a ist, as a speaker, when at a lo , by suggesting the words forgotten or next in order; as, to prompt an actor. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pět, prō-müs'-çis, s . [Pref. pro- , and Lat. musca =a Entom.: The rostrum in the Rhynchota. prō-my-çe-11-ŭm, s. [Pref. pro- , and Mod. Lat. IMG:content-1593.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1594.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1595.png:[blocks in formation] Zoology: Anti loc apr a american a , inhabiting the western parts of North America, from 53° N. to the plains of Mexico and California. It is rather more than four feet in length, and stands three feet at the shoulder. Pale fawn above and on the limbs; breast, abdomen, and rump white. The horns are branched, and are shed annually. *prong, v . t . [PRONG, 8.] To stab, as with a prong or fork. (Thackeray: Vanity Fair , vol. ii., ch. xvii.) pronged, a . [Eng. prong ; ed.] Having prongs or sharp points. IMG:content-1596.png:[blocks in formation] Gram.: A word used in place of a noun or name in order to avoid the too frequent repetition of such noun or name, but differing from a noun in not being permanently attached to any certain object or cla of objects, and in nos being limited in its application. Pronouns in English are divided into (4) (1) Personal, (2) Demonstrative. (3) Interrogative, (4) Relative, and (5) In def in i to. (DEMONSTRATIVE, PERSONAL POSSESSIVE, RELATIVE.] Interrogative pronouns are those which serve to ask a question, as who? which? what? Indefinite pronouns, or such as do not specify any particular object, are used, some as substantives, some as adjectives; as, any, aught , each , every , other , . In Middle Eng- lish man , men , or me was used as an indefinite pro- noun, its place being now taken by one , as in " One says. [ONE, B. 2.] "As nouns are notes or signs of things, so pronouns are of nouns."- Wilkins : Real Character, pt. iii., ch. ii. IMG:content-1597.png:[blocks in formation] pronunciator