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quote (kwōt)

transitive verb quoted quot′ed, quoting quot′·ing

  1. to reproduce or repeat a passage from or statement of to quote Chaucer
  2. to reproduce or repeat (a passage from a book, a statement, etc.)
  3. to refer to as authority or an example; cite
  4. Commerce to state (a price) or state the price of (something)
  5. 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

to make a quotation, as from a book or author

noun

  1. quotation
  2. quotation mark

interjection

I shall quote: used in speech to signal the beginning of a quotation

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quote Synonyms

quote

v.

  1. To repeat verbatim

    recite, excerpt, extract; see cite 2.

  2. To state a price

    name a price, request, demand; see price, rate 1, value 2.


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-Gilbert, Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck)

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-Young, Edward

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