quote, cote, coate

t. & i. [O. Fr. quoter (Fr. coter ), from Low Lat. quoto =to mark off into chapters and verses; prop. to say how many, from Lat. quot how many; Sp. & Port. cotar; Ital. ouo tare.] [QUOTA.] IMG:content-0133.png:[blocks in formation] 7. To adduce or bring forward for the sake of illustration or argument; as, to quote the case of a certain person. II. Comm.: To name, as the price of an article or commodity; to name the current price of. "At about the same value now quoted ."-London Standard. B. In trans. To adduce or cite the words of or pa ages from an author or writer; to give a quotation or quotations; as, I am quoting from Shakespeare. *quote, s . [QUOTE, v.] A note upon an author. ( Cotgrave .) *quōte-le , adj . [Eng. quote , v.; -le .] Not capable or not worthy of being quoted. quōt-er, s . [Eng. quot(e), v.; -er.] One who quotes or cites the words of an author or speaker. "I proposed this pa age entire, to take off the disguise which its quoter put upon it."- Atterbury.