Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mistake"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mistake \Mis*take"\, v. t.
To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. ``Limping
possibilities of mismade human nature.'' --Mrs. Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mistake \Mis*take"\, v. i.
To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to
commit an unintentional error.
Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion
misunderstanding among friends. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mistake \Mis*take"\, n.
1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a
misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an
unintentional error of conduct.
Infallibility is an absolute security of the
understanding from all possibility of mistake.
--Tillotson.
2. (Law) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may
be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to
perform it.
{No mistake}, surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the
appointed time, and no mistake. [Low]
Syn: Blunder; error; bull. See {Blunder}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mistake \Mis*take"\, v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. {Mistook}; p. p.
{Mistaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mistaking}.] [Pref. mis- + take:
cf. Icel. mistaka.]
1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend,
or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's
meaning. --Locke.
My father's purposes have been mistook. --Shak.
3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one
person for another.
A man may mistake the love of virtue for the
practice of it. --Johnson.
4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character,
qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
Mistake me not so much, To think my poverty is
treacherous. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mistake
n 1: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or
inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to
point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in
spite of his grammatical faults" [syn: {error}, {fault}]
2: an understanding of something that is not correct; "he
wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about
his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I
don't have a sister" [syn: {misunderstanding}, {misapprehension}]
3: part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full
of errors" [syn: {error}]
v 1: identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin
sister" [syn: {misidentify}]
2: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with
the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
[syn: {confuse}, {confound}]
3: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: {err}, {slip}]
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