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Webster 1913 Edition

Quote

Quote

(kwōt)
,
Verb.
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.
–
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

(kwōt)
,
Noun.
A note upon an author.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.

Webster 1828 Edition

Quote

QUOTE

, v.t.
1.
To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat or adduce a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer; to quote the words of Peter, or a passage of Paul's writings; to quote chapter and verse.
2.
In commerce, to name, as the price of an article.
3.
To note.

QUOTE

,
Noun.
A note upon an author. Obs.

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