Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Quote"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quote \Quote\, n.
A note upon an author. [Obs.] --Cotgrave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Quote \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
quote
n 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 [syn: {quotation}]
v 1: repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her [syn: {cite}]
2: name the price of; "quote prices for cars"
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