 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
quote
noun
1: a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to
someone else [syn: {quotation mark}, {inverted comma}]
2: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: {quotation},
{citation}]
verb
1: repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [syn: {cite}]
2: name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
3: refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote
several instances of this behavior" [syn: {cite}]
4: put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his
colleague"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Quote \Quote\ (kw[=o]t), noun
A note upon an author. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "quote":
affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, aver, bring in, bring up,
call to mind, call up, cite, cite a particular, come again, copy,
declare, demonstrate, ditto, do a repeat, do again, do over,
document, double, duplicate, echo, example, excerpt, exemplify,
extract, give a for-instance, illustrate, imitate, instance,
itemize, mention, name, nuncupate, parrot, particularize,
plagiarize, proclaim, quotation, recite, redo, redouble,
reduplicate, reecho, refer to, reference, regurgitate, reincarnate,
relate, renew, repeat, reproduce, retell, revive, say again,
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