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

noun

1. quotation
2. quotation mark

interjection