See Also: Mistake(medicine)
mistake(1)(dictionary)
mistake(2)(dictionary)
Mistake Of Law(law)
mistake 1, noun(dictionary)
mistake 2, verb(dictionary)
Mistake Of Fact(law)

mistake(2) (iou)



mistake verb. , (dial. & non-standard) mistook. ME.
[Old Norse mistaka take in error, (refl.) miscarry (Swedish misstaga be mistaken), formed as MIS-1 + taka TAKE verb. Cf. Old French mesprendre (see MISPRIZE verb2), which has prob. influenced the meaning.]
verb intrans. Transgress, do wrong. obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
verb trans. Take improperly or in error. LME-M17.
verb trans. Make an error in the choice of (one's route, target, etc.). Formerly also, make an error regarding (a date, number, etc.); perform (an action) at a wrong time. arch. LME.
E. Young When blind ambition quite mistakes her road.
verb trans. Attach a wrong meaning to the words or actions of (a person); misunderstand. LME.
R. K. Narayan I was only trying to suggest...So please don't mistake me.
b. Have a wrong view of the character of (a person). L16-L17.
verb trans. Have a misconception regarding (an opinion, statement, action, purpose, etc.); attach an erroneous meaning to. L15.
A. J. Ayer My reasoning on this point was not in itself incorrect, but..I mistook its purport.
verb trans. Suppose erroneously to be or to be. L15-M18.
T. Fuller Vincent of Coventrie was..bred a Franciscan (though Learned Leland mistakes him a Carmelite).
verb trans.
a. Be under a misconception about the identity of; take to be somebody or something else; estimate wrongly. Now chiefly in phrs. below. L16.
there's no mistaking it is impossible not to recognize (a person or thing). mistake one's man judge wrongly or underestimate the character or capabilities of the person one is dealing with.
b. Foll. by for: identify wrongly as (some other person or thing). E17.
R. Dahl The doctor..was so drunk that he mistook the fractured elbow for a dislocated shoulder.
verb intrans. (arch.), & trans. in pass. as be mistaken & (now Scot.) refl. Make a mistake; be in error, be under a misapprehension. L16.
T. Hardy A..greatcoat, which, if he mistook not, was the very same garment as..had adorned the chair. D. L. Sayers You may think that the prisoner was mistaken..about the time he left the flat.
mistakable adjective able to be mistaken or misunderstood M17.
mistaker noun M16.
mistakingly adverb erroneously, mistakenly M17.