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English Dictionary: cote by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cote
n
  1. a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
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.
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