quote
quote (kwōt)
transitive verb quoted quot′ed, quoting quot′·ing
- to reproduce or repeat a passage from or statement of to quote Chaucer
- to reproduce or repeat (a passage from a book, a statement, etc.)
- to refer to as authority or an example; cite
- Commerce to state (a price) or state the price of (something)
- Printing to enclose in quotation marks
Etymology: altered (infl. by L) < ME coten < ML quotare, to mark the number of, divide into chapters < L quotus, of what number < IE *kwoti-, how many < interrogative base *kwo- > who
intransitive verb
noun
interjection
Related Forms:
- quoter quot′er noun
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