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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.
Origin:
1150–1200;
Middle English
misspeken;
see
mis-
1
,
speak
;
compare
Old English
missprecan
to murmur
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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misspeak
verb
pronounce a word incorrectly; "She mispronounces many Latinate words" [syn:
mispronounce
]
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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