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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Cite \Cite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cited; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Citing] [F. citer, fr. L. citare, intens. of cire,
     ci[=e]re, to put in motion, to excite; akin to Gr.? to go,
     Skr. ? to sharpen.]
     1. To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as
        before a court; to summon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The cited dead,
              Of all past ages, to the general doom
              Shall hasten.                         --Milton.
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              Cited by finger of God.               --De Quincey.
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     2. To urge; to enjoin. [R.] --Shak.
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     3. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the
        words of another.
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              The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
                                                    --Shak.
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     4. To refer to or specify, as for support, proof,
        illustration, or confirmation.
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              The imperfections which you have cited. --Shak.
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     5. To bespeak; to indicate. [Obs.]
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              Aged honor cites a virtuous youth.    --Shak.
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     6. (Law) To notify of a proceeding in court. --Abbot
  
     Syn: To quote; mention, name; refer to; adduce; select; call;
          summon. See Quote.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Cite \Cite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cited; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Citing] [F. citer, fr. L. citare, intens. of cire,
     ci[=e]re, to put in motion, to excite; akin to Gr.? to go,
     Skr. ? to sharpen.]
     1. To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as
        before a court; to summon.
  
              The cited dead, Of all past ages, to the general
              doom Shall hasten.                    --Milton.
  
              Cited by finger of God.               --De Quincey.
  
     2. To urge; to enjoin. [R.] --Shak.
  
     3. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the
        words of another.
  
              The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     4. To refer to or specify, as for support, proof,
        illustration, or confirmation.
  
              The imperfections which you have cited. --Shak.
  
     5. To bespeak; to indicate. [Obs.]
  
              Aged honor cites a virtuous youth.    --Shak.
  
     6. (Law) To notify of a proceeding in court. --Abbot
  
     Syn: To quote; mention, name; refer to; adduce; select; call;
          summon. See Quote.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  cite
       v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection
            with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up,
             name, refer]
       2: commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
          [syn: mention]
       3: refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" [syn: reference]
       4: repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [syn: quote]
       5: refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote
          several instances of this behavior" [syn: quote]
       6: advance evidence for [syn: adduce, abduce]
       7: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn: summon,
           summons]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cite
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 αναφέρω
     2 παραθέτω
     3 μνημονεύω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cite
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr citer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la citus  voc m s)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: citar)
     vb.
     to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of
  another.
     n.
     (lb en informal) A citation.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  cite
     vb.
     to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of
  another.
     n.
     (lb en informal) A citation.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  cite
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr citer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la citus  voc m s)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: citar)
     vb.
     to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of
  another.
     n.
     (lb en informal) A citation.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  cite
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr citer  1//3 s pres ind//sub ; 2 s impr)
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la citus  voc m s)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: citar)
     vb.
     to quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of
  another.
     n.
     (lb en informal) A citation.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cite
     Espanja vb.
     (es-v-taivm 1 cit e)
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm 1 c it e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  cite
     Engelska vb.
     citera; åberopa

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/
  aanhaal

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Cite /sˈaɪt/
  إستشهد به

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/
  uvést

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/
  citovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/
  uvádět

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/
  
  παραθέτω, αναφέρω

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  cite /sait/
  citer, rapporter des propos

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/ 
  1. दृष्टान्त~देना
        "The teacher cited the example fom everyday life while teaching a theory."
  2. बुलवाना
        "Many people were cited to witness the divorce proceedings."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/
  citirati, navoditi, pozvati

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/
  citare

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  cite /saɪt/ 
   1.  przytaczać
   2.  pozywać, wzywać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  cite /sait/
  citar, mencionar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  cite /sait/
  citar, mencionar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  cite /sˈaɪt/
  1. delil olarak iktibas etmek, bir eserden bir bölüm aktarmak
  2. mahkemeye celbetmek
  3. çağırmak, davet etmek
  4. bahsetmek, zikretmek, hatıra getirmek
  5. (ask.) kahramanlığını günlük emirde zikretmek. citeable  aktarılabilir.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsaɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "cite":
     accuse, address to, adduce, advance, allege, allude to, anatomize,
     arraign, article, atomize, bid come, book, bring accusation,
     bring charges, bring to attention, bring to book, bring to notice,
     call, call attention to, call away, call back, call for,
     call forth, call in, call out, call to mind, call together,
     call up, charge, circumstantiate, cite a particular, complain,
     conjure, conjure up, convene, convoke, count, crown,
     crown with laurel, decorate, demand, demonstrate, denounce,
     denunciate, descend to particulars, detail, direct attention to,
     direct to, do honor, document, enter into detail, enumerate, evoke,
     example, exemplify, fasten on, fasten upon, finger, focus on,
     give a for-instance, give full particulars, hang something on,
     honor, illustrate, impeach, imply, impute, indent, indict,
     inform against, inform on, insinuate, instance, invoke, itemize,
     lay, lay charges, lodge a complaint, lodge a plaint, mention, mind,
     muster, muster up, name, number, offer, order up, page,
     particularize, pay regard to, pay tribute, pick out, pin on,
     point at, point out, point to, praise, preconize, prefer charges,
     present, press charges, put on report, quote, recall, recollect,
     refer to, remind, reminisce, render honor to, report, reproach,
     requisition, retain, retrospect, revive, send after, send for,
     serve, specify, spell out, subpoena, substantiate, summon,
     summon forth, summon up, summons, take to task, task, taunt with,
     tax, tell, touch on, twit
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 引用,引证,例证;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 引用,引证,例证

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