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cite (verb), cites, cited, citing
1. To quote as an authority or an example: The teacher told her students to cite a passage from a book, or the words of another person, or people so other readers would know from whom the information came.
2. To mention or to bring forward as a support, an illustration, or a proof: The cites of an author should include listing the source, or sources, from which someone uses information, words, literary, or verbal context.
3. Etymology: from Old French citer, "to summon"; from Latin citare, "to cause to move, to arouse, to summon, to urge, to call".
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