invocate; report someone as saying(bookworm); name; quote(to repeat the exact words of a person as they were said or written • to quote Shakespeare / Shakespeare's words / from Shakespeare, `Is this a dagger which I see before me?); adduce; invoke(In certain Christian circles invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof.)
quote as saying(AFP quotes Annan's spokesman as saying, "We hope that this contact group meeting will take place soon."4uzhoj); cite as saying(A Russian naval vessel chased away a U.S. submarine in Russian waters in the Pacific after the submarine ignored the ship's orders for it to surface, Interfax news agency cited the defence ministry as saying on Saturday.4uzhoj)
