a punctuation mark used to attribute the enclosed text to someone else
source: WordNet 3.0
a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
source: WordNet 3.0
A note upon an author.
source: Webster 1913
verb
repeat a passage from
He quoted the Bible to her.
source: WordNet 3.0
name the price of
Quote prices for cars.
source: WordNet 3.0
refer to for illustration or proof
He said he could quote several instances of this behavior.
source: WordNet 3.0
put quote marks around
Here the author is quoting his colleague.
source: WordNet 3.0
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.