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cite | invite | Related terms |

Cite is a related term of invite.


As an adjective cite

is full, brim-full.

As a noun cite

is wedge, short spear or stick.

As a verb invite is

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cite

English

Verb

(cit)
  • To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Gary Younge)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=18, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution , passage=WikiLeaks did not cause these uprisings but it certainly informed them. The dispatches revealed details of corruption and kleptocracy that many Tunisians suspected, but could not prove, and would cite as they took to the streets.}}
  • To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  • To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
  • Derived terms

    * citation

    See also

    * attest * quote

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A citation.
  • We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    invite

    English

    Verb

  • To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
  • We invited our friends round for dinner.
  • To request formally.
  • I invite you all to be seated.
  • To encourage.
  • I always invite criticism of my definitions.
    Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
  • * 1902 , Roosevelt,
  • The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
  • To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
  • * Milton
  • to inveigle and invite the unwary sense
  • * Dryden
  • shady groves, that easy sleep invite
  • * Cowper
  • There no delusive hope invites despair.

    Synonyms

    * (ask for the presence or participation of) ask out * (request formally) ask, beseech, entreat, request * (encourage) ask for, encourage, provoke

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) An invitation.