Dictionary

cital en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [ˈsaɪtl̩] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈsaɪtəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈsaɪdl̩] (US)
• /ˈsaɪdəl/ (US)
• [ˈsʌɪtl̩] (UK)
• /ˈsʌɪtəl/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English cite Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English cital From cite (verb) + -al (suffix forming nouns of action).

Meanings

1. A summons to appear, as before a judge.
   • It was carried regularly through the forms of cital. 1760, The Life and Adventures of a Cat:
2. Citation; quotation.
   • He made a blushing citall of himselfe, And chid his Trewant youth. c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

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