Definition of Cite

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Definition of Cite

Cite

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

To urge; to enjoin.

To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.

To bespeak; to indicate.

To notify of a proceeding in court.

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Cite Quotations

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
William Shakespeare

It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education.
Barney Frank

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.
Carter G. Woodson

You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
Jack Kevorkian

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.
Marilyn vos Savant

I think that's given inspiration to other musicians. I know, particularly through the 90s, a lot of bands would cite Rush as an influence. I don't think it was so much our music, but more the way we really stuck to our guns.
Alex Lifeson

The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.
Dave Mustaine

I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the leaders, that this was intended to be a Christian nation.
Pat Robertson

Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
J. D. Hayworth

Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature.
John Berger

Cite Translations

cite in Afrikaans is aanhaal
cite in Danish is citere
cite in Dutch is noemen, aanhalen, citeren
cite in Finnish is siteerata
cite in German is zitieren
cite in Italian is citare
cite in Latin is laudo
cite in Spanish is citar, mencionar

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