misquote

[ mis-kwoht ]

/ mɪsˈkwoʊt /

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verb (used with or without object), mis·quot·ed, mis·quot·ing.

to quote incorrectly.

noun

a quotation that is incorrect.

Nearby words

mispronounce, mispronunciation, misproud, mispunctuate, misquotation, misquote, misr, misread, misreckon, misredemption, misremember

Origin of misquote

First recorded in 1590–1600; mis-¹ + quote

Related formsmis·quot·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for misquote

But to misquote an old financial adage, the property market can remain irrational longer than you are prepared to remain homeless.
London’s Oligarch Ghost Town|Tom Sykes|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
By terrifying coincidence, this was the one poem that Thatcher herself thought to recall and misquote when she first met Larkin.
Viva Hate: Inside the World of Morrissey|Michael Weiss|December 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to misquote it, as the Spanish philosopher George Santayana did not say.
Chris Christie Embarrasses Himself With Civil-Rights-History Flub|Paul Campos|February 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
How we do misquote sayings, or misunderstand them when quoted rightly!
The Rising of the Court|Henry Lawson

He will be very liable to misquote his author's meaning while he is picking off his outside sentences.
Medical Essays|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
You had only to get up and misquote Mr. Gladstone, and the fiery old man was on his legs in an instant.
The Real Gladstone|J. Ewing Ritchie
I sighed as an author, but obeyed as a pupil,—to misquote the words of Gibbon.
Rustic Sounds|Francis Darwin
He could not misquote or misapply the word, neither could he be indifferent about it.
Notes on the Book of Genesis|Charles Henry Mackintosh

British Dictionary definitions for misquote

misquote

/ (ˌmɪsˈkwəʊt) /

verb

to quote (a text, speech, etc) inaccurately

Derived Formsmisquotation, noun

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Word Origin and History for misquote

misquote

1590s; see mis- (1) + quote (v.). First recorded in Shakespeare.

Looke how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our lookes. ["I Hen. IV," v.ii.13]

Related: Misquoted; misquoting. As a noun from 1855.

misquote

verb (used with or without object), mis·quot·ed, mis·quot·ing.

noun

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