citation

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The citation is from the Roanoke Times and World-News, undoubtedly a redoubtable newspaper but scarcely one I should have selected as typifying AE.

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  1. noun The act of citing.
  2. noun A quoting of an authoritative source for substantiation.
  3. noun A source so cited; a quotation.

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  1. from Middle English citacion, -oun, = F. Provencal citation = Spanish citation = Portuguese citação = Italian citazione = G. Danish citation (prob. from F.), from Middle Latin citatio(n-), from Latin citare, past participle citatus, cite: see cite.

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/ (sī-tāˈshən)/
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