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Prompt-book
(Prompt"-book`) n. 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. [F., fr. L. promptitudo. See Prompt, a.] The quality of being prompt; quickness
of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage.
I. Taylor. Promptly
(Prompt"ly), adv. In a prompt manner.
Promptness
(Prompt"ness), n.
1. Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.
2. Cheerful willingness; alacrity.
Prompt-note
(Prompt"-note`) n. (Com.) A memorandum of a sale, and time when payment is due,
given to the purchaser at a sale of goods.
Promptuary
(Promp"tu*a*ry) a. Of or pertaining to preparation. [R.] Bacon.
Promptuary
(Promp"tu*a*ry), n. [L. promptuarium, fr. promptuarius belonging to distribution, distributing: cf,
F. promptuaire. See Prompt, a.] That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a
repository. Woodward.
Prompture
(Promp"ture) n. [See Prompt, a.] Suggestion; incitement; prompting. [R.] Shak. Coleridge.
Promulgate
(Pro*mul"gate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promulgated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Promulgating.] [L. promulgatus,
p. p. of promulgare to promulgate; of unknown origin. Cf. Promulge.] To make known by open declaration,
as laws, decrees, or tidings; to publish; as, to promulgate the secrets of a council.
Syn. — To publish; declare; proclaim. See Announce.
Promulgation
(Pro`mul*ga"tion) n. [L. promulgatio: cf. F. promulgation.] The act of promulgating; publication; open
declaration; as, the promulgation of the gospel. South.
Promulgator
(Pro"mul*ga`tor) n. [L.] One who promulgates or publishes. Dr. H. More.
Promulge
(Pro*mulge") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promulged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Promulging ] [Cf. F. promulguer.
See Promulgate.] To promulgate; to publish or teach. Blackstone.
Extraordinary doctrines these for the age in which they were promulged.
Prescott. Promulger
(Pro*mul"ger) n. One who promulges or publishes what was before unknown. Atterbury.
Promuscis
(||Pro*mus"cis) n. [L., corruption of proboscis.] (Zoöl.) The proboscis of hemipterous insects.
See Illust. under Hemiptera.
Pronaos
(||Pro*na"os) n. [L., fr. Gr. before + temple.] (Arch.) The porch or vestibule of a temple.
