Prompt, adj. full of alacrity, brisk and clever: “all replication p. and reason strong,” Compl. 122. “fair virtues all, to which the Grecians are most p. and pregnant,” Troil. IV, 4, 90. “I have observed thee always for a towardly p. spirit,” Tim. III, 1, 37. “a natural and p. alacrity,” Oth. I, 3, 233. “I am p. to lay my crown at's feet,” Ant. III, 13, 75 (ready without hesitation).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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