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un⋅quote

[uhn-kwoht; contrastively uhn-kwoht]
–verb (used without object), -quot⋅ed, -quot⋅ing.
to close a quotation (often used with the word quote, which notes the opening of the quotation): The senator said, quote, I am unalterably opposed to this policy, unquote.

Origin:
1910–15; un- 2 + quote
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un·quote   (ŭn-kwōt', ŭn'kwōt')   
n.  Used by a speaker to indicate the end of a quotation.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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