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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quote \Quote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr & vb n. {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr L. quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.] 1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as to quote a passage from Homer. 2. To cite a passage from to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as to quote Shakespeare. 3. (Com.) To name the current price of 4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To set down as in writing. [Obs.] ``He's quoted for a most perfidious slave.'' --Shak. Syn: To cite; name adduce; repeat. Usage: {Quote}, {Cite}. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words
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