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mis·quote

   [mis-kwoht] verb, -quot·ed, -quot·ing, noun
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to quote incorrectly.
noun
2.
a quotation that is incorrect.

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to run away hurriedly; flee.
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Origin:
1590–1600; mis-1 + quote

Related forms
mis·quot·er, noun
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misquote (ˌmɪsˈkwəʊt)
 
—vb
to quote (a text, speech, etc) inaccurately
 
misquo'tation
 
—n

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misquote
1596; see mis- (1) + quote (v.). First recorded in Shakespeare.
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"Looke how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our lookes." ["I Hen. IV," v.ii.13]
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