QUOTE
verb
Synonyms
cite; name; adduce; repeat. 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.
Definitions
- 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. 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.
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Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
