Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Quote \Quote\, 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.

   2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a
      statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

   3. (Com.) To name the current price of.

   4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] --Shak.

   5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] ``He's quoted for a
      most perfidious slave.'' --Shak.

   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.