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Misquote

An incorrect recitation of a quote.

📖 Definitions of "Misquote"

noun
  1. 1

    An incorrect recitation of a quote.

  2. 2

    An incorrect recording of a quote.

verb
  1. 1

    To incorrectly recite a quote.

    "I'm so embarrassed, I misquoted Hamlet to a professor of Shakespeare."

  2. 2

    To incorrectly record a quote.

    "The newspaper had to publish a correction after they misquoted the President."

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