Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A limit of time given for payment of an account for produce purchased, this limit varying with different goods. See Prompt-note.

2. (v. t.) To assist or induce the action of; to move to action; to instigate; to incite.

3. (v. t.) To suggest; to dictate.

4. (v. t.) To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.