cite.
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
Meaning & usage
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
To mention; to make mention of.
To mention; to make mention of. To mention by way of explanation.
To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
Where this word comes from
From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”). Sense 4 is the original one.
A citation.
We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.
Where this word comes from
From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation.
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