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quote
verb
1 he quoted a sentence from a speech by Lord Denning:
recite, repeat, say again, reproduce, restate, retell, echo, iterate, parrot;
take, extract, excerpt, derive;
misquote;
archaic ingeminate.
2 Russell quoted one case in which a person had died in a fire:
cite, mention, refer to, make reference to, give, name, instance, specify, identify;
relate, recount, enumerate, list, itemize, spell out, allude to, adduce, exemplify, put forward, point out, call attention to, present, offer, advance, propose.
3 he quoted $900 for building a staircase:
estimate, state, set, tender, bid, offer;
price something at.