English Dictionary: COTE | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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.] [bd]He's quoted for a most perfidious slave.[b8] --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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cote \Cote\, v. t. [See {Quote}.] To quote. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cote \Cote\ (k[omac]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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cote \Cote\, v. t. [Prob. from F. c[ocir]t[82] side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c[ocir]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. |