Quote
Quote (kwōt) , transitive verb
[Old French quoter, French coter to letter, number, to quote, Late Latin quotare to divide into chapters and verses, from Latin quotus. See Quota.]
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.
(Commerce) To name the current price of.
4.
To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
5.
To set down, as in writing. [Obsolete]
He's quoted for a most perfidious slave.
Quote (kwōt) , noun
A note upon an author. [Obsolete] — Cotgrave