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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To repeat or copy (words from a source such as a book), usually with acknowledgment of the source.
  • intransitive verb. To repeat or copy the words of (a person or a book or other source).
  • intransitive verb. To cite or refer to for illustration or proof.
  • intransitive verb. To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from.
  • intransitive verb. To state (a price) for securities, goods, or services.
  • intransitive verb. To give a quotation, as from a book.
  • noun. A quotation.
  • noun. A quotation mark.
  • noun. Used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a direct quotation.
  • noun. A dictum; a saying.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A note upon an author.
  • noun. A quotation, or the marking of a quotation.
  • noun. A quotation-mark: usually in the plural.
  • noun. A quotient.
  • To note down; set down in writing; hence, in general, to note; mark; observe.
  • To adduce from some author or speaker; cite, as a passage from some author or a saying of some speaker; name, repeat, or adduce as the utterance of some other person, or by way of authority or illustration; also, to cite the words of: as, to quote a passage from Homer; to quote Shakspere or one of his plays; to quote chapter and verse.
  • In writing or printing, to inclose within quotation-marks; distinguish as a quotation or as quoted matter by marking: as, the dialogue in old books is not quoted.
  • In com., to name, as the price of stocks, produce, etc.; name the current price of.
  • To cite the words of another; make a quotation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A note upon an author.
  • transitive verb. 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.
  • transitive verb. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion.
  • transitive verb. To name the current price of.
  • transitive verb. To notice; to observe; to examine.
  • transitive verb. To set down, as in writing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To refer to (part of) a speech that has been made by someone else.
  • verb. To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price.
  • verb. (transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
  • verb. To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
  • verb. To observe, to take account of.
  • noun. A quotation, statement attributed to someone else.
  • noun. A quotation mark.
  • noun. A summary of work to be done with a set price.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
  • noun. a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
  • verb. name the price of
  • verb. repeat a passage from
  • verb. refer to for illustration or proof
  • verb. put quote marks around
  • Word Usage
    "The version taught in the churches is “The story of Noah is true” and if you are a *** fingers making quote marks*** good Christian, *** end quote*** then you believe it to be true."
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    advert  bring up  cite  mark  mention  
    Rhyme
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    Capote  Choate  Vote  afloat  bloat  
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    verb-form
    quoted  quotes  quoth  quoting