Quote \Quote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quoted; p. pr. & vb. n. Quoting.]

[OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotus. See Quota.]

[Formerly written also cote.]

1. 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.

2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

3. (Com.) To name the current price of.

4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.]

--Shak.

5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.]

``He's quoted for a most perfidious slave.'' --Shak.

Syn: To cite; name; adduce; repeat.

Usage: Quote, Cite. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cote \Cote\ (k[=o]t), n. [See 1st Cot.]

1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]

2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.

Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. --Milton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cote \Cote\, v. t. [Prob. from F. c[^o]t['e] side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c[^o]toyer to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.]

To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.]

--Drayton.

We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Cote \Cote\, v. t. [See Quote.]

To quote. [Obs.]

--Udall.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)