Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cite
Participle: cited
Gerund: citing
Indicative
Present
| I | cite |
| you | cite |
| he;she;it | cites |
| we | cite |
| you | cite |
| they | cite |
Perfect
| I | have cited |
| you | have cited |
| he;she;it | has cited |
| we | have cited |
| you | have cited |
| they | have cited |
Past
| I | cited |
| you | cited |
| he;she;it | cited |
| we | cited |
| you | cited |
| they | cited |
Pluperfect
| I | had cited |
| you | had cited |
| he;she;it | had cited |
| we | had cited |
| you | had cited |
| they | had cited |
Future
| I | will cite |
| you | will cite |
| he;she;it | will cite |
| we | will cite |
| you | will cite |
| they | will cite |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cited |
| you | will have cited |
| he;she;it | will have cited |
| we | will have cited |
| you | will have cited |
| they | will have cited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cite |
| you | cite |
| he;she;it | cite |
| we | cite |
| you | cite |
| they | cite |
Perfect
| I | have cited |
| you | have cited |
| he;she;it | have cited |
| we | have cited |
| you | have cited |
| they | have cited |
Imperfect
| I | cited |
| you | cited |
| he;she;it | cited |
| we | cited |
| you | cited |
| they | cited |
Pluperfect
| I | had cited |
| you | had cited |
| he;she;it | had cited |
| we | had cited |
| you | had cited |
| they | had cited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cite |
| you | would cite |
| he;she;it | would cite |
| we | would cite |
| you | would cite |
| they | would cite |
Perfect
| I | would have cited |
| you | would have cited |
| he;she;it | would have cited |
| we | would have cited |
| you | would have cited |
| they | would have cited |
Imperative
| you | cite |
| we | Let's cite |
| you | cite |
Verbs conjugated like 'cite'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cite'
bite,
cote,
dite,
kite,
lite,
site,
wite,
accite,
acute,
ante,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1483, from O.Fr.
citer "to summon," from L.
citare "to cause to move, arouse, summon, urge, call," freq. of
ciere "to move, set in motion, stir, rouse, call, invite" from PIE base
*kei- "to move to and fro" (cf. Skt.
cyavate "stirs himself, goes;" Gk.
kinein "to move,"
kinymai "move myself;" Goth.
haitan "call, be called;" O.E.
hatan "command, call"). Sense of "calling forth a passage of writing" is first attested 1535.
2. From Old French citer, from Latin citare (“to cause to move, excite, summon”), frequentative of ciēre (“to rouse, excite, call”). Sense 4 is the original one. See: Latin '
cito'.
Verbs referencing "cite"
Ido citar, Spanish
citar, Esperanto
citi, Proto-Germanic
haitaną.
Sample Sentences
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I have cited this, rather as an instance of the preacher 's eccentricities than his merits, though taken in connection with his look and manner, and the character of his audience, even this was striking. It is [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] would unaccountably deluge them from above when in full gala dress; -and on all these occasions, when investigation was made, there was nobody found to stand sponsor for the indignity. Topsy was cited, and had up before all the domestic judicatories, time and again; but always sustained her examinations with most edifying innocence and gravity of appearance. Nobody in the world ever doubted who [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)