About The Word Quote
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Quote
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What's The Definition Of Quote?
[n] a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
[n] a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else [v] put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague" [v] repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [v] refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote several instances of this behavior" [v] name the price of; "quote prices for cars" Synonyms | Synonyms for Quote: citation | cite | inverted comma | quotation | quotation mark Related Terms | Find terms related to Quote: See Also | advert | bring up | double quotes | epigraph | excerpt | extract | give | ingeminate | iterate | mark | mention | mimesis | misquotation | misquote | name | punctuate | punctuation | punctuation mark | refer | reiterate | repeat | restate | retell | scare quote | selection | single quote | underquote Quote In Webster's Dictionary \Quote\, v. t. [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.
\Quote\, n. A note upon an author. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. |
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