Definition of Quotetion
Quo*ta"tion (kw&osl;*tā"shŭn),
n. [From Quote.] 1. The
act of quoting or citing.
2. That which is quoted or cited; a part of a
book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or
illustration. Locke.
3. (Com.) The naming or publishing of
the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also, the price
named.
4. Quota; share. [Obs.]
5. (Print.) A piece of hollow type
metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length
and breadth, used in the blank spaces at the beginning and end of
chapters, etc.
Quotation marks (Print.), two inverted
commas placed at the beginning, and two apostrophes at the end, of a
passage quoted from an author in his own words.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
The words erroneously repeated.
Intent on making his quotation truer,
He sought the page infallible of Brewer,
Then made a solemn vow that we would be
Condemned eternally. Ah, me, ah, me!
Stumpo Gaker
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- a fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often an quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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