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[ mis-kwoht ] / mɪsˈkwoʊt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR misquote ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with or without object), mis·quot·ed, mis·quot·ing.nouna quotation that is incorrect. Origin of misquoteFirst recorded in 1590–1600; mis-1 + quote OTHER WORDS FROM misquotemis·quot·er, nounWords nearby misquotemisprize, mispronounce, misproud, mispunctuate, misquotation, misquote, Misr, misread, misreckon, misredemption, misremember Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for misquoteBut 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
verbto quote (a text, speech, etc) inaccurately Derived forms of misquotemisquotation, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to misquoteoverdo, magnify, emphasize, inflate, misrepresent, heighten, amplify, overestimate, overemphasize, distort, contort, fabricate, falsify, overdraw, contravene, pervert, exaggerate, contradict, misstate, deceive |