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Definition of cite : 1. To bespeak; to indicate.
2. To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
3. To notify of a proceeding in court.
4. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
5. To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.
6. To urge; to enjoin.

Synonyms:

denote, reference point, claim, affirm, aver, tell, invoke, have-to doe with, evoke, enumerate, extension, reference book, point up, evidence, lift, credit rating, constitute, consult, order, state, computer address, call forth, marshal, describe, parent, number, reference, elevate, assert, nominate, indicate, book of facts, adduce, law, point of reference, distrust, recount, remark, conjure up, touch on, nurture, maintain, call, point out, citation, bear on, muster up, address, recite, note, specific, mobilise, character, words, discover, credit entry, make, consultation, pertain, observe, boot, source, exemplify, concern, recognition, excerpt, allude to, extract, come to, commend, pay heed, raise, key out, conjure, denotation, reboot, name, acknowledgment, attend, get up, instance, advert, muster, arouse, repeat, specify, asseverate, lay, list, touch, identify, commendation, declare, rehearse, quotation, distinguish, character reference, mobilize, give ear, put forward, call down, deferred payment, produce, plead, look up, praise, relate, say, abduce, bring up, summon, introduce, allude, come up, hang, diagnose, honorable mention, reference work, key, acknowledgement, stir, neglect, rear, ignore, appoint, course credit, rally, mention

impeach, implicate, accuse, arraign, criticize, allege, denounce, condemn, charge, inculpate, complain, reproach, scold, incriminate

endow, impart, approach, present, quote, invite, deal, grant, submit, attempt, extend, issue, render, bid, offer, tender, bestow, advance, give

prosecute, litigate, subpoena, sue, summons, indict

attach, apply, connect, cast, ascribe, acknowledge, impute, brand, mark, place, refer, set, assign, blame, attribute, accredit, credit

Usage examples:

• To show that Bullitt's plans had been well matured, and also to give some idea of the prudence and intelligence of the man, it is only necessary to cite, from Marshall's History of Kentucky, the following not uninteresting facts: " On his way to Kentucky," says this historian, " Bullitt made a visit to Chillicothe, a Shawnee town, to hold a friendly talk with those Indians on the subject of his intended settlement; and for the particular purpose of obtaining their assent to the measure. - "The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852", Ben Casseday.
• They say to us, " But for every scandal proceeding from this social vice, which you cite as committed under the system of Governmental Regulation and sanction, we can find a parallel in the streets of London, where no Governmental sanction exists." - "Native Races and the War", Josephine Elizabeth Butler.
• Then you must cite the other woman. - "The Mayor of Troy", Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch.