cite/sight/site

cite   (sīt)

Verb. Transitive.,  ^{_{cit·ed, cit·ing, cites.}}

• To quote as an authority or example.
• To mention or bring forward as support, illustration, or proof: cited several instances of insubordinate behaviour.
• To commend officially for meritorious action in military service.
• To honour formally.
• To summon before a court of law.

sight   (sīt)

Noun.

• The ability to see.
• The act or fact of seeing: hoping for a sight of land; caught sight of a rare bird.
• Field of vision.
• The foreseeable future; prospect: no solution in sight.
• Mental perception or consideration: We lost sight of the purpose of our visit.
• Something seen; a view.
• Something worth seeing; a spectacle: the sights of London.
• Informal. Something unsightly: Your hair is a sight.
• A device used to assist aim by guiding the eye, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.
• An aim or observation taken with such a device.
• An opportunity to observe or inspect.

 
Verb., ^{_{sight·ed, sight·ing, sights}}.

Verb. Transitive.,

• To perceive with the eyes; get sight of: sighted land after 40 days at sea.
• To observe through a sight or an optical instrument: sight a target.
• To adjust the sights of (a rifle, for example).
• To take aim with (a firearm).

Verb. Intransitive.,

• To direct one's gaze; look carefully.
• To take aim: sighted along the barrel of the gun.

site   (sīt)

Noun.

• The place where a structure or group of structures was, is, or is to be located: a good site for the school.
• The place or setting of something: a historic site; a job site.
• A website.

Verb. Transitive., ^{_{sit·ed, sit·ing, sites}}.

• To situate or locate on a site: sited the power plant by the river.