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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; | |
2. | Done or rendered quickly, readily, or immediately; given without delay or hesitation; - said of conduct; | |
3. | Easy; unobstructed. | |
n. | 1. | (Com.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note. |
v. t. | 1. | To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite. |
2. | To suggest; to dictate. | |
3. | To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten. |