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misquotation

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mis⋅quo⋅ta⋅tion

  [mis-kwoh-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of misquoting.
2. an instance or occasion of misquoting or of being misquoted.
Origin:
1765–75; mis- 1 + quotation
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mis·quote   (mĭs-kwōt')   
tr.v.   mis·quot·ed, mis·quot·ing, mis·quotes
To quote incorrectly.
mis'quo·ta'tion (-kwō-tā'shən) n., mis·quot'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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