Emily Dickinson Lexicon

QUOTE, v.t. [Fr. quoter, now coter; connected with quoth.]

1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat or adduce a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer; to quote the words of Peter, or a passage of Paul's writings; to quote chapter and verse. – Atterbury. Swift.
2. In commerce, to name, as the price of an article.
3. To note. – Shak.