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1. Make reference to
   - mention, advert [rare], bring up, name, refer
    
2. Commend
   "he was cited for his outstanding achievements";
   - mention
    
3. Make a citation to
   "he cited his colleagues' work";
   - reference
    
4. Repeat a passage from
   "He cited the Bible to her";
   - quote
    
5. Refer to for illustration or proof
   "He said he could cite several instances of this behaviour";
   - quote
    
6. Advance evidence for
   - adduce, abduce
    
7. Call in an official matter, such as to attend court
   - summon, summons

1. A short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
   - citation, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation

Sounds like: sight, site

Derived forms: cited, cites, citing

Type of: acknowledge, annotation, bear witness, call, compose, evidence, have in mind, indite [archaic], ingeminate, iterate, mean, notation, note, notice, pen, prove, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell, send for, show, testify, think of, witness, write

Encyclopedia: Cite