Synonyms for cite

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sahyt

Phonetic Transcription : saɪt

Top 10 synonyms for cite

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Définition of cite

Origin : mid-15c., "to summon," from Old French citer "to summon" (14c.), from Latin citare "to summon, urge, call; put in sudden motion, call forward; rouse, excite," frequentative of ciere "to move, set in motion, stir, rouse, call, invite" from PIE root *keie- "to set in motion, to move to and fro" (cf. Sanskrit cyavate "stirs himself, goes;" Greek kinein "to move, set in motion; change, stir up," kinymai "move myself;" Gothic haitan "call, be called;" Old English hatan "command, call"). Sense of "calling forth a passage of writing" is first attested 1530s. Related: Cited; citing.

verb note, quote
verb subpoena

Example sentences :

I could cite many instances in confirmation of what I here advance.
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza

He had relinquished Christine's arm, and had turned his face towards the point of the Cite.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

Could he have pretended to cite from a well-known writing what was not to be found there?
Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato

I have before me the Tempest, and will cite only these few lines.
Extract from : « Nature » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

One word, which is said to have fallen from his lips, I cite.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

I might go on indefinitely adding to the list, but I will cite only one more.
Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit

I do not cite that instance to express even the shade of an opinion.
Extract from : « The business career in its public relations » by Albert Shaw

The review goes on to cite cases of the author's gross deception.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Let us cite, in illustration, the one case of the Vertebrata.
Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer

Of these we may cite the use of labour-saving machines and of gas for cooking.
Extract from : « Nelson's Home Comforts » by Mary Hooper

Antonyms for cite

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