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Misquote

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To quote incorrectly.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To incorrectly recite a quote.

v. To incorrectly record a quote.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To quote erroneously or incorrectly.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To quote or cite incorrectly.

To misread; misconstrue; misinterpret.

Synonyms Garble, etc. See mutilate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. quote incorrectly

n. an incorrect quotation

Word Usage

"A couple of days ago, in documenting a misquote in a Business Week article, I theorized that the misquote was a result of “empty throwaway words that fill up all Business Week articles.”"

Verb Form

misquoted misquotes misquoting

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

cite quote citation quotation

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

misgive miscite misrepeat misrecite

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

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