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mis⋅speak

  [mis-speek]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -spoke, -spok⋅en, -speak⋅ing.
1. to speak, utter, or pronounce incorrectly.
2. to speak inaccurately, inappropriately, or too hastily.
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Origin:
1150–1200; ME misspeken; see mis- 1 , speak; cf. OE missprecan to murmur
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mis·speak   (mĭs-spēk')   
v.   mis·spoke (-spōk'), mis·spo·ken (-spō'kən), mis·speak·ing, mis·speaks

v.   tr.
To speak or pronounce incorrectly: The lead actor misspoke his lines.
v.   intr.
To speak mistakenly, inappropriately, or rashly.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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