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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.

Origin of misquote

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

OTHER WORDS FROM misquote

mis·quot·er, noun

Words nearby misquote

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

Example sentences 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 forms of misquote

misquotation, noun