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Webster 1913 Edition


Misquote

Mis-quote′

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Verb.
T.
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I.
To quote erroneously or incorrectly.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Misquote

MISQUO'TE

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Verb.
T.
To quote erroneously; to cite incorrectly.

Definition 2024


misquote

misquote

English

Verb

misquote (third-person singular simple present misquotes, present participle misquoting, simple past and past participle misquoted)

  1. To incorrectly recite a quote.
    I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.
  2. To incorrectly record a quote.
    The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President.