misquote
- to quote incorrectly.
- a quotation that is incorrect.
Origin of misquote
Related Words for misquote
overdo, magnify, emphasize, inflate, misrepresent, heighten, amplify, overestimate, overemphasize, distort, contort, fabricate, falsify, overdraw, contravene, pervert, exaggerate, contradict, misstate, deceiveExamples from the Web for misquote
Contemporary Examples of misquote
But to misquote an old financial adage, the property market can remain irrational longer than you are prepared to remain homeless.
By terrifying coincidence, this was the one poem that Thatcher herself thought to recall and misquote when she first met Larkin.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to misquote it, as the Spanish philosopher George Santayana did not say.
Historical Examples of misquote
Looking about this institution, one is moved to misquote Robert Browning.
Dear EnemyJean Webster
The Socialist can quote Scripture for his purpose—and misquote it too.
British SocialismJ. Ellis Barker
How we do misquote sayings, or misunderstand them when quoted rightly!
The Rising of the CourtHenry Lawson
I sighed as an author, but obeyed as a pupil,—to misquote the words of Gibbon.
Rustic SoundsFrancis Darwin
He could not misquote or misapply the word, neither could he be indifferent about it.
Notes on the Book of GenesisCharles Henry Mackintosh
misquote
- to quote (a text, speech, etc) inaccurately