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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quotation \Quo*ta"tion\, n. [From {Quote}.] 1. The act of quoting or citing. 2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. --Locke. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quotation n 1: a short note acknowledging a source of information or quoting a passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: {citation}, {credit}, {reference}, {mention}] 2: a passage or expression that is quoted [syn: {quote}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated. Intent on making his quotation truer, He sought the page infallible of Brewer, Then made a solemn vow that we would be Condemned eternally. Ah me ah me! Stumpo Gaker
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