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Webster 1913 Edition
Misquote
Mis-quote′
,Verb.
T.
& I.
To quote erroneously or incorrectly.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Misquote
MISQUO'TE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
misquote
misquote
English
Verb
misquote (third-person singular simple present misquotes, present participle misquoting, simple past and past participle misquoted)
- To incorrectly recite a quote.
- I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare.
- To incorrectly record a quote.
- The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President.