"cite" meaning in English

See cite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /saɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cite.wav Forms: cites [plural]
enPR: sīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From the first syllable of citation. Analogous to quote, from quotation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cite (plural cites)
  1. (informal) A citation. Tags: informal Derived forms: citeless, citogenesis
    Sense id: en-cite-en-noun-IIrvcTkn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /saɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cite.wav Forms: cites [present, singular, third-person], citing [participle, present], cited [participle, past], cited [past]
enPR: sīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”). Sense 4 is the original one. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|citer}} Old French citer, {{der|en|la|cito|citare|t=to cause to move, excite, summon}} Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} cite (third-person singular simple present cites, present participle citing, simple past and past participle cited)
  1. (transitive) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cite-en-verb-QOh8rS-u
  2. (transitive) To mention; to make mention of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cite-en-verb-MC26DM~h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 35 6 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 3 1 10 1 11 10 4 11 3 1 0 15 1 15 1
  3. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
    Sense id: en-cite-en-verb-1FI2vTpB
  4. (transitive, law) To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-cite-en-verb-tIxMwiq4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 35 6 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 3 1 10 1 11 10 4 11 3 1 0 15 1 15 1 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: citability, citable, cital, cocite, miscite, overcite, re-cite, subcite Related terms: citation, attest, quote
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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