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Cite v. t. (past & past part. cited; pres. part. citing)

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon. "The cited dead, Of all past ages, to the general doom Shall hasten." "Cited by finger of God."

To urge; to enjoin. (R.)

To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."

To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation. "The imperfections which you have cited."

To bespeak; to indicate. (Obs.) "Aged honor cites a virtuous youth."

(Law) To notify of a proceeding in court.

Synonyms: To quote; mention, name; refer to; adduce; select; call; summon. See Quote.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cite" Quotes from Famous Books

... and military considerations which are above any question of nationality whatever. It should be enough to cite the example of an England which holds a Spanish Gibraltar and an Italian Malta, besides a Greek Cyprus and the Egyptian Suez Canal. It should be enough to recall the claim made by all the press ...

— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various

... consists, in principle, in effecting a movement of boats, by sucking in water at the bow and forcing it out at the stern. This is a very old idea. Naturalists cite whole families of mollusks that move about in this way with great rapidity. It is probable that such was the origin of the first idea of this mode of operating. However this may be, as long ago as 1661 a patent was taken out in England, on this principle, by Toogood ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 • Various

... I could cite you more; But be contented with these four; For when one's proofs are aptly chosen, Four are as valid as four ...

— Elsie's children • Martha Finley

... more offensive tone of some of his colloquies, attempted to be palliated by the flimsy plea, that they are, appropriate in the mouths that utter them. Dr. Johnson, as a proof of the total suppression of the reasoning faculty in dreams, used to cite one of his own, wherein he imagined himself to be holding an argument with an adversary, whose superior powers filled him with a mortification which a moment's reflection would have dissipated, by reminding him that ...

— Famous Reviews • Editor: R. Brimley Johnson

... peur que vous ne soyez fch du jugemont sevre que j'ai port sur les identifications faites par Edkins du mongol avec le chinois. J'ai d'abord pris dans votre savant article les mots mongols qu'il cite et je vous ai montr qu'ils ne ressemblent pas le moins du ...

— Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV - Essays chiefly on the Science of Language • Max Muller

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