Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mistook"

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Mistook \Mis*took"\,
imp. & obs. p. p. of {Mistake}.

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