'Prompting' definitions:

Definition of 'prompting'

noun

Persuasion formulated as a suggestion [syn: suggestion, prompting]

noun

A cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting" [syn: prompt, prompting]

From: GCIDE

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]