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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quote \Quote\ (kw[=o]t), verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cote \Cote\ (k[=o]t), noun [See 1st {Cot}.]
1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]
2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.
Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cote \Cote\, verb (used with an object) [Prob. from F. c[^o]t['e] side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c[^o]toyer to go or keep at the side of. See {Coast}.] To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] --Drayton.
We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cote \Cote\, verb (used with an object) [See {Quote}.] To quote. [Obs.] --Udall. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cote
noun: a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
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