Word Definition

Quote

  1. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
  2. To name the current price of.
  3. A note upon an author.
  4. 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.
  5. To set down, as in writing.
  6. To notice; to observe; to examine.