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.
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. Michel de Montaigne
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham
I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out. Hamilton Jordan
quote in Afrikaans is aanhaal
quote in Dutch is aanhalen, citeren, noemen
quote in Finnish is siteerata
quote in French is citent, citer, guillemet, citons, citez, grever
quote in Italian is gravare, calcolare
quote in Norwegian is sitere, notere
quote in Spanish is citar, gravar, suputar, cotizar, mencionar
quote in Swedish is ange, citera
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