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Grammar : Verb
Spell : sahyt
Phonetic Transcription : saɪt

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Définition of cited

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 :
  • Many harrowing details of the cruelties practiced were cited.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The career of Samuel Drew is not less remarkable than any of those which we have cited.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • On the contrary, instances might be cited where only one-half of one per cent.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • The Chicago, Iowa and Nebraska road may be cited as a fair illustration.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • An infinite number of similar discriminations might be cited.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • He cited all kinds of proofs, he discriminated, he drew inferences.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • Incident after incident at Frankfort might be cited, but what is the use?
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • I have seen what you have cited from him, and the Manner you have done it in.
  • Extract from : « A Letter to Dion » by Bernard Mandeville
  • He's been cited in orders and will probably be decorated by the French—that is, his memory will be.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • The daisy (Saxon Daeges ege) has often been cited as fragrant with poesy.
  • Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various

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