Meaning of QUOTE
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- [n] a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
- [n] a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
- [v] put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
- [v] repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
- [v] refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior"
- [v] name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
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| | Synonyms: | | citation, cite, inverted comma, quotation, quotation mark |
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| | See Also: | | advert, bring up, double quotes, epigraph, excerpt, extract, give, ingeminate, iterate, mark, mention, mimesis, misquotation, misquote, name, punctuate, punctuation, punctuation mark, refer, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, scare quote, selection, single quote, underquote | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Quote\, n.
A note upon an author. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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