cital

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UK/ˈsaɪtəl/UK[ˈsaɪtl̩]UK/ˈsʌɪtəl/UK[ˈsʌɪtl̩]

noun

A summons to appear, as before a judge.

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Meanings

nouncital (plural citals)

plural citals

  1. A summons to appear, as before a judge.

    It was carried regularly through the forms of cital.

    1760, The Life and Adventures of a Cat
  2. Citation; quotation.

    He made a blushing citall of himselfe, And chid his Trewant youth.

    c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]

Origin

From cite (verb) + -al (suffix forming nouns of action).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

cital. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cital

MLA

“cital.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cital. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cital,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cital.

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