an indented block of quote (he-he) such as you will see below
a piece of text that is separated from the other text with some blank lines and starts more away from the side of your post
a quote from another source that is highlighted to stand out from the rest of the text
Yes v3 up IE3+ long quotation
(blockquote): Ch. 3 Defines text as being quoted material. This text is separated from other text, usually indented, and in some browsers is italicized by default.
Double-indents a block of text from both margins
In HTML and XHTML, the blockquote element defines a block quotation within the text.