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Definition of 'quote'

noun

A punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else [syn: quotation mark, quote, inverted comma]

noun

A passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation]

verb

Repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [syn: quote, cite]

verb

Name the price of; "quote prices for cars"

verb

Refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" [syn: quote, cite]

verb

Put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"

From: GCIDE

Quote \Quote\ (kw[=o]t), n. A note upon an author. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Quote \Quote\ (kw[=o]t), 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. [1913 Webster]
2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare. [1913 Webster]
3. (Com.) To name the current price of. [1913 Webster]
4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] "He's quoted for a most perfidious slave." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]