From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Quote \Quote\ (kw[=o]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number,
to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr.
L. quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.]
1. 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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2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a
statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
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3. (Com.) To name the current price of.
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4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] "He's quoted for a most
perfidious slave." --Shak.
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Syn: To cite; name; adduce; repeat.
Usage: {Quote}, {Cite}. To cite was originally to call into
court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing
forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually
signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also
used to indicate an appeal to some one as an
authority, without adducing his exact words.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cote \Cote\ (k[=o]t), n. [See 1st {Cot}.]
1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]
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2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals,
as for sheep or doves.
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Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve,
In hurdled cotes. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cote \Cote\, v. t. [Prob. from F. c[^o]t['e] side, OF. costet,
LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F.
c[^o]toyer to go or keep at the side of. See {Coast}.]
To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get
before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] --Drayton.
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We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.
--Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cote \Cote\, v. t. [See {Quote}.]
To quote. [Obs.] --Udall.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cote
n 1: a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
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