quoteth

Verb

quote (third-person singular simple present quotes, present participle quoting, simple past and past participle quoted)

1. (transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
   • The writer quoted the president's speech.

   Synonyms:

   cite

2. (transitive) To prepare a summary of work to be done and set a price; to estimate.
   • Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?
3. (transitive) To name the current price, notably of a financial security.
4. (intransitive) To indicate verbally or by equivalent means the start of a quotation.
5. (archaic) To observe, to take account of.
   • But must our moderne Critticks envious eye
     Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?1598, John Marston, “Satyre IV”, in The Metamorphosis of Pigmalions Image, and Certaine Satyres (poem)

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