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Cite   /saɪt/   Listen
verb
Cite  v. t.  (past & past part. cited; pres. part. citing)  
1.
To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon. "The cited dead, Of all past ages, to the general doom Shall hasten." "Cited by finger of God."
2.
To urge; to enjoin. (R.)
3.
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."
4.
To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation. "The imperfections which you have cited."
5.
To bespeak; to indicate. (Obs.) "Aged honor cites a virtuous youth."
6.
(Law) To notify of a proceeding in court.
Synonyms: To quote; mention, name; refer to; adduce; select; call; summon. See Quote.






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"Cite" Quotes from Famous Books



... even in respect of errata, to be identical with the genuine issue of 1807; but they were not set up from the same type, and it is inconceivable that a second issue, set up from different type and with slightly different ornaments, was printed by Ridge for piratical purposes. To cite a few obvious differences—in the title of the large-paper copies the first A of ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. - Poetry • George Gordon Byron

... employed certain prepositions for which, perhaps, it would not be easy to cite prosaic authority; as, adown, aloft, aloof, anear, aneath, askant, aslant, aslope, atween, atwixt, besouth, traverse, thorough, sans. (See Obs. 10th, ...
— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

... of Cambridge, Johnson did not much affect; he was a Platonist, and, in Johnson's opinion, a visionary. He would frequently cite from him, and laugh at, a passage to this effect:—"At the consummation of all things, it shall come to pass that eternity shall shake hands with ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill

... Dante Alighieri, when already stricken in years, and Messer Cino da Pistoja, when a very old man, held in honour and whose approof was dear to them. And were it not to depart from the wonted usance of discourse, I would cite history in support and show it to be all full of stories of ancient and noble men who in their ripest years have still above all studied to please the ladies, the which an they know not, let them ...
— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio

... valuable. I am reliably informed that he has just sold his Scotch patent only for the comfortable sum of L10,000 sterling, or nearly $50,000; and this is but one of several inventions for which he has found a ready market here at liberal prices. I cite his case (for he is one of several Americans who have recently sold their European patents here at high figures) as a final answer to those who croak that our country is disgraced, and regret that any American ...
— Glances at Europe - In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, - Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. • Horace Greeley


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