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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CITATION, n.
1. A summons; an official call or notice, given to a person, to appear in a court, and answer to a demand; a call or notice to appear, in various other cases, and the paper containing such notice or call.
2. Quotation; the act of citing a passage from a book; or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted.
3. Enumeration; mention.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an official award (as for bravery or service) usually given as formal public statement [syn: citation, commendation]
2: (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.)
3: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation, cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention, quotation]
4: a passage or expression that is quoted or cited [syn: quotation, quote, citation]
5: a summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding
6: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 13th century 1. an official summons to appear (as before a court) 2. a. an act of quoting; especially the citing of a previously settled case at law b. excerpt, quotation 3. mention: as a. a formal statement of the achievements of a person receiving an academic honor b. specific reference in a military dispatch to meritorious performance of duty Synonyms: see encomium • citational adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the citing of a book or other source; a passage cited. 2 a mention in an official dispatch. 3 a note accompanying an award, describing the reasons for it.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Citation Ci*ta"tion, n. [F. citation, LL. citatio, fr.L. citare to cite. See Cite] 1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice. 2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation. This horse load of citations and fathers. --Milton. 3. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts. 4. (Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(citations) 1. A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done. His citation says he showed outstanding and exemplary courage. N-COUNT 2. A citation from a book or other piece of writing is a passage or phrase from it. (FORMAL) = quotation N-COUNT 3. A citation is the same as a summons. (AM) The court could issue a citation and fine Ms. Robbins. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Summons, official call or notice. 2. Quotation, extract, excerpt, quoted passage. 3. Enumeration, mention, quoting, quotation, bringing forward.

Moby Thesaurus

accolade, acknowledgment, assault, attack, award, by-line, case, censure, certiorari, confession, credit line, cross reference, demonstration, eulogy, example, exemplification, garnishment, guerdon, habeas corpus, honorable mention, illustration, implication, impugnment, incrimination, inculpation, instance, involvement, item, kudos, mention, monition, panegyric, particular, praise, quotation, reference, reward, salutation, signature, subpoena, summons, trademark, tribute, venire, venire de novo, venire facias, writ of summons