单词 | prompture |
释义 | † prompturen. Chiefly literary. Obsolete. Prompting, suggestion, instigation. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation puttingOE sleatinga1122 eggingc1200 pricking?c1225 enticement1303 movinga1382 eggmentc1386 stirring1399 instinct1412 instigationc1422 motiona1425 provocationa1425 coyingc1440 ertingc1440 tollingc1440 artation1441 incitation1477 instinction1490 inhortationc1503 stimulation1526 abetment1533 onsetting1541 provokement?1545 incitament1579 stirring?c1580 irritation1589 incitement1594 spurring1611 to give foment to1613 fomenting1615 prompturea1616 proritation1615 urgea1618 exstimulation1626 fomentation1633 instinctment1661 spurning1672 impulsing1885 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 178 Though he hath falne by prompture of the blood. View more context for this quotation a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 180 His Confession meerely the prompture of the Spirit. 1718 J. Gadbury Ephemerides of Cœlestial Motions To Rdr. sig. A4 It was by the unhappy Prompture of this Spirit, that our Elder Parents were Ruin'd and Cast out of Paradise. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Recoll. Love vi Love's prompture deep. 1852 S. S. Cox Buckeye Abroad xxxviii. 437 By sharing your spiritual spoil, you add to it; for you instil the prompture which moves to acquisition. 1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 191 Not from the prompture of mine own conceit, Or spur of private vantage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.a1616 |
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