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cite

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Verb

  1. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  2. To mention; to make mention of. To mention by way of explanation.
  3. To mention by way of explanation.
  4. To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  5. To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.

Noun

  1. A citation.
    • We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

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