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Dite vs Cite - What's the difference?

dite | cite |

As a verb dite

is (obsolete|transitive) to prepare for use or action; to make ready.

As an adjective cite is

full, brim-full.

As a noun cite is

wedge, short spear or stick.

dite

English

Verb

  • (obsolete) To prepare for use or action; to make ready.
  • * Spenser
    • His hideous club aloft he dites .
    (Webster 1913) ----

    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.

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    Anagrams

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