Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To quote or refer to (a book or author, for example) as an authority or example in making an argument.
- intransitive verb Law To refer to (a previous court decision or other legal precedent), as when arguing a case.
- intransitive verb To mention or bring forward as support, illustration, or proof.
- intransitive verb To commend officially for meritorious action in military service.
- intransitive verb To honor formally.
- intransitive verb To issue a notice of violation to.
- intransitive verb To make reference to a previous court decision. Often used with to:
- noun A citation or quotation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear; summon before a person or tribunal; give legal or official notice to appear in court to answer or defend.
- To call to action; rouse; urge; incite.
- To quote; name or repeat, as a passage from a book or the words of another.
- To refer to in support, proof, or confirmation: as, to
cite an authority or a precedent in proof of a point in law. - To mention; recount; recite.
- To bespeak; argue; evidence; denote.
- Synonyms and Recite, Adduce, etc. See
adduce and quote.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
- transitive verb rare To urge; to enjoin.
- transitive verb To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- transitive verb To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.
- transitive verb obsolete To bespeak; to indicate.
- transitive verb (Law) To notify of a proceeding in court.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- verb To list the
source (s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbalcontext . - verb To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
- verb commend
- verb repeat a passage from
- verb advance evidence for
- verb refer to for illustration or proof
- verb call in an official matter, such as to attend court
- verb refer to
- verb make reference to
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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You can cite multiple things in one \cite by separating them with a comma.
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You can cite multiple things in one \cite by separating them with a comma.
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I have no love for Raimando, but your cite is a smear on him.
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You seem to be oblivious to the fact that the difference between the Duggars and the other cases that you cite is that the Duggars are not just promoting their lifestyle, but selling it, and as such their lifestyle is subject to the same scrutiny and criticism as anything else in the public marketplace.
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Among other claims against Palin cite her wearing an Arctic Cat logo on a piece of clothing during a snowmobile race as a conflict of interest and another contending an interview she did after the presidential election in her state office was inappropriate.
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The case the court in Green quotes, but does not cite, is Hall v. De Cuir, 95 U.S.
The Volokh Conspiracy » At Least a Dozen Flag Desecration Prosecutions in the U.S. Since 1992 2010
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The authority they cite is a textbook published half a century ago.
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What yellowbelly Hack and Mr. El Cid fail to mention relative to the numbers they cite is that it includes Bedouins who were not permanent residents of what is now Israel but were nomads who just happened to be present when the census figures were taken.
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I want to reiterate that I think this cite is positively on point for predicting if/how the Court would address a constitutional challenge to “deemed pass.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Constitutional Slaughter Solution? 2010
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I want to reiterate that I think this cite is positively on point for predicting if/how the Court would address a constitutional challenge to “deemed pass.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Constitutional Slaughter Solution? 2010
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