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Quote

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.

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Verb group 2

Cite 84% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Cite 84% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Broader term 19

Advert 76% connected

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excerpt 76% connected

To select; to extract; to cite; to quote.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excerption 76% connected

The act of excerpting or selecting.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extract 76% connected

To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Give 76% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ingeminate 76% connected

Redoubled; repeated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Iterate 76% connected

Uttered or done again; repeated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mark 76% connected

A license of reprisals. See Marque.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mention 76% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Punctuate 76% connected

To mark with points; to separate into sentences, clauses, etc., by points or stops which mark the proper pauses in expressing the meaning.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Punctuation 76% connected

The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reiterate 76% connected

To repeat again and again; to say or do repeatedly; sometimes, to repeat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Repeat 76% connected

To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Restate 76% connected

To state anew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retell 76% connected

To tell again.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Selection 76% connected

The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 4

Epigraph 76% connected

Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mimesis 76% connected

Imitation; mimicry.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Misquotation 76% connected

Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Misquote 76% connected

To quote erroneously or incorrectly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 1

Misquote 76% connected

To quote erroneously or incorrectly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Citation 74% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Citation 74% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Cite 74% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Cite 74% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Quotation 74% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Quotation 74% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Citation 92% connected

An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cite 92% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Quotation 92% connected

The act of quoting or citing.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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