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verb (used with object)
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to repeat (a passage, phrase, etc.) from a book, speech, or the like, as by way of authority, illustration, etc.
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to repeat words from (a book, author, etc.).
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to use a brief excerpt from: The composer quotes Beethoven's Fifth in his latest work.
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to cite, offer, or bring forward as evidence or support.
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EXPANDto enclose (words) within quotation marks.
verb (used without object)
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to make a quotation or quotations, as from a book or author.
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(used by a speaker to indicate the beginning of a quotation. )
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Quoting
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quote unquote, so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you.
Origin:
1350–1400; 1880–85 for def. 9; Middle English coten, quoten (< Old French coter) < Medieval Latin quotāre to divide into chapters and verses, derivative of Latin quot how many
1350–1400; 1880–85 for def. 9; Middle English coten, quoten (< Old French coter) < Medieval Latin quotāre to divide into chapters and verses, derivative of Latin quot how many
Related forms
quot·er, noun
out·quote, verb (used with object), -quot·ed, -quot·ing.
pre·quote, verb (used with object), -quot·ed, -quot·ing.
re·quote, verb (used with object), -quot·ed, -quot·ing.
su·per·quote, verb, -quot·ed, -quot·ing, noun
EXPANDun·quot·ed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
quote
late 14c., "to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references," from O.Fr. coter, from M.L. quotare "distinguish by numbers, number chapters," from L. quotus "which, what number (in sequence)," from quot "how many," related to quis "who." The sense development is via "to give as a reference,
EXPANDto cite as an authority" to "to copy out exact words" (1670s). The business sense of "to state the price of a commodity" (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of "quotation," is attested from 1885. Quotable is from 1821. Unquote first recorded 1935, in a letter by e e cummings.
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