quote, as in: Your proposal will be more persuasive if you cite results of a recent survey
1 To summon; to order to appear, as before a tribunal 2 To make reference to a text, statute, case or other legal authority in support of a proposition or argument; also the reference thus made
To write down all the bits of information necessary to locate a specific source of information, i e the author, title, date of publication, place of publication and publisher See also Citation
(1) To command the presence of a person; to notify a person of legal proceedings against him and require his appearance in the court, especially to face contempt proceedings (2) To read or refer to legal authorities in an argument or submission to a court For example, to cite a case is to refer to a particular case in an attempt to persuade the Court to be guided by the decision reached in that case