Cite
To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
To urge; to enjoin.
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.
To bespeak; to indicate.
To notify of a proceeding in court.
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Cite Quotations
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
William Shakespeare
One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.
Carter G. Woodson
Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.
Marilyn vos Savant
I cite in my book countless examples of the foundational documents of the colonial period in America and the writings of the leaders, that this was intended to be a Christian nation.
Pat Robertson
Nothing in the nature around us is evil. This needs to be repeated since one of the human ways of talking oneself into inhuman acts is to cite the supposed cruelty of nature.
John Berger
It is, of course, further indication that a fundamentalist right has really taken over much of the Republican Party, People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education.
Barney Frank
I cite these events because I think they underline two very disturbing phenomena - the loss of U.S. international credibility, the growing U.S. international isolation.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
I think that's given inspiration to other musicians. I know, particularly through the 90s, a lot of bands would cite Rush as an influence. I don't think it was so much our music, but more the way we really stuck to our guns.
Alex Lifeson
The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter.
Dave Mustaine
Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
J. D. Hayworth
There is one instance that we cite in the report where in one of the conversations a member of organized crime is talking to another member of organized crime and he suggests that Attorney General Kennedy should be murdered.
Louis Stokes
I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.
Major Taylor
People always ask about my influences, and they cite a bunch of people I've never heard of.
Norton Juster
You can cite me for contempt, Your Honor. I don't care.
Jack Kevorkian
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Cite Translations
cite in Afrikaans is aanhaal
cite in Danish is citere
cite in Dutch is noemen, aanhalen, citeren
cite in Finnish is siteerata
cite in German is zitieren
cite in Italian is citare
cite in Latin is laudo
cite in Spanish is citar, mencionar
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