Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.

2. (v. t.) To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.

3. (v. t.) To name the current price of.

4. (v. t.) To notice; to observe; to examine.

5. (v. t.) To set down, as in writing.

6. (n.) A note upon an author.