QUOTE

vt to set down, as in writing.

2. quote ·vt to name the current price of.

3. quote ·noun a note upon an author.

4. quote ·vt to notice; to observe; to examine.

5. quote ·vt to cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote shakespeare.

6. quote ·vt 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.