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Cite   /saɪt/   Listen
verb
Cite  v. t.  (past & past part. cited; pres. part. citing)  
1.
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."
2.
To urge; to enjoin. (R.)
3.
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. "The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose."
4.
To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation. "The imperfections which you have cited."
5.
To bespeak; to indicate. (Obs.) "Aged honor cites a virtuous youth."
6.
(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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... or authorized such use. If you have any questions about your intended use, you should consult with legal counsel. Further information on The World Factbook's use is described on the Contributors and Copyright Information page. As a courtesy, please cite ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... disingenuousness, in his Folio Dictionary, under the word SONNET, to cite that Sonnet at full length, as a specimen of Milton's style in this kind of Poetry. Johnson disliked Sonnets, and he equally disliked Blank Verse, and Odes. It is in vain to combat the prejudice of ...
— Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace • Anna Seward
... thorough draining of the soil. If the free water be withdrawn to a considerable distance from the surface, plants,—even without the valuable aid of deep and subsoil plowing,—will send their roots to great depths. Writers on this subject cite many instances in which the roots of ordinary crops "not mere hairs, but strong fibres, as large as pack-thread," sink to the depth of 4, 6, and in some instances 12 or 14 feet. Certain it is that, in a healthy, well aerated soil, any of the plants ...
— Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health • George E. Waring
... distrusted; and yet the great majority of people trust to nothing else; which may do for ordinary life, but not for philosophical purposes. Of this out of ten thousand instances that I might produce, I will cite one. Ask of any person whatsoever, who is not previously prepared for the demand by a knowledge of perspective, to draw in the rudest way the commonest appearance which depends upon the laws of that science; as for instance, to represent the effect of two ...
— Miscellaneous Essays • Thomas de Quincey
... might avoid passing through the wire w, which connects the inside condenser coating to the incandescent button m. The molecular bombardment against the glass stem in the bulb is a source of great trouble. As illustration I will cite a phenomenon only too frequently and unwillingly observed. A bulb, preferably a large one, may be taken, and a good conducting body, such as a piece of carbon, may be mounted in it upon a platinum wire sealed in the glass stem. The bulb may be exhausted to a fairly ...
— Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High - Frequency • Nikola Tesla


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