[f. CITE v. + -ING1.] Summoning; quoting.

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1591.  Percyvall, Sp. Dict., Emplazamiento, summoning, citing, Citatio.

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1699.  trans. Dupin’s Eccl. Hist., I. 12, note. The Citing of any Book does not make it Canonical.

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1726.  Ayliffe, Parerg., 174. The summoning of a Person into Court is … the citing or calling him before the Judge.

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