vt to notify of a proceeding in court.
2. cite ·vt to urge; to enjoin.
3. cite ·vt to bespeak; to indicate.
4. cite ·vt to refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.
5. cite ·vt to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
6. cite ·vt to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.