To prompt or incite someone to do something; to move someone to action.
From Old French 'aprompter,' from Latin 'ad' (to) + 'promptus' (ready, prepared). Related to 'prompt,' meaning to push someone into action.
This is an archaic word that's almost completely disappeared from English, but its root 'promptus' survives in 'prompt,' 'prompt-book' (a theater script), and even the modern computer 'prompt'!
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