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mis⋅quote

  [mis-kwoht] verb, -quot⋅ed, -quot⋅ing, noun
Use misquote in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to quote incorrectly.
–noun
2. a quotation that is incorrect.
Origin:
1590–1600; mis- 1 + quote

Related forms:
mis⋅quot⋅er, noun
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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
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Word Origin & History

misquote  (v.)
1596; see mis- (1) + quote (v.). First recorded in Shakespeare.
"Looke how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our lookes." ["I Hen. IV," v.ii.13]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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