requote

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verb

To quote again or anew.

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Meanings

verbrequote (third-person singular simple present requotes, present participle requoting, simple past and past participle requoted)

present singular third person requotes · participle present requoting · participle past requoted · past requoted

  1. transitiveTo quote again or anew.
nounrequote (plural requotes)

plural requotes

  1. Something that is quoted again or anew.

    since you're forgetting, here's a requote of what started this line of discussion.

    2001 March 19, zoe_althrop, “Two Models of Speciation”, in talk.origins (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026
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    A flame remedy would be for the sysop to watch free disk space before running uucp, however, one never knows how many messages will be generated into each newsgroup per run. (some one could quote, a requote of a requote of a requote).

    1994 January 10, KEN GETTYS, “Deleting packets”, in alt.bbs.wildcat (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026

    FYI, following is a requote of something related to this which I posted yesterday on aanother thread: […]

    2003 May 11, Boracay Bill, “Travel Ban Imposed on Overseas Contract Workers”, in soc.culture.filipino (Usenet), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026

Origin

From re- + quote.

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APA

requote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requote

MLA

“requote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requote. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “requote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/requote.

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