Definition of quote

• v. t. - 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.
• v. t. - To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
• v. t. - To name the current price of.
• v. t. - To notice; to observe; to examine.
• v. t. - To set down, as in writing.
• n. - A note upon an author.