What does "quote" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.(Com.) To name the current price of.
2. 3.To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] Shak.
3. 4.To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] "He's quoted for a most perfidious slave." Shak. Quote, Cite. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words.
4. 5.A note upon an author. [Obs.] Cotgrave.