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English Dictionary: citation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
citation n an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement Synonym(s): citation, commendation (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" Synonym(s): citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation a passage or expression that is quoted or cited Synonym(s): quotation, quote, citation a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Citation \Cita"tion\, n. [F. citation, LL. citatio, fr.L. citare to cite. See {Cite}] 1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice. 2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation. This horse load of citations and fathers. --Milton. 3. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation* of facts. 4. (Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.