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The Washington Post article which Coulter cites for the quote was a profile of Kerry published on June 1, 2003, and Kerry was not referring to LexisNexis 'documenting falsehoods, but to its documenting his having "be [en] a little brash when I first got into politics":

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  1. transitive verb To repeat or copy the words of (another), usually with acknowledgment of the source.
  2. transitive verb To cite or refer to for illustration or proof.
  3. transitive verb To repeat a brief passage or excerpt from: The saxophonist quoted a Duke Ellington melody in his solo.
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  • The Washington Post article which Coulter cites for the quote was a profile of Kerry published on June 1, 2003, and Kerry was not referring to LexisNexis 'documenting falsehoods, but to its documenting his having "be [en] a little brash when I first got into politics": —  Media Matters for America - Limbaugh Wire
  • This quote is an excerpt from Bill O'Reilly's interview with Barack Obama Part —  Latest Articles
  • I thought this quote could be attributed to McCain toward Obama! —  Latest Articles
  • If the quote is acurate then Gram made an advisement, rather than a request. —  Latest Articles
  • This quote is a bit on the long side, but well worth reading. —  A Work in Progress
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  1. Middle English coten, to mark a book with numbers or marginal references, from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre, to number chapters, from Latin quotus, of what number, from quot, how many; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also cote; from Old French quoter, coter, French coter, letter, number, quote (in commercial use), from Middle Latin quotare, mark off into chapters and verses, give a reference, from Latin quotus, of what number, how many, from quot, as many as.
  2. In def. 1, from Old French quote; in other senses from quote, v.
 

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