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Webster 1913 Edition

Mistake

Mis-take′

(mĭs-tāk′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & obs. p. p.
Mistook
(mĭs-toŏk′)
;
p. p.
Mistaken
(mĭs-tāk′’n)
;
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
.
Shakespeare
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.
Shakespeare

Mis-take′

,
Verb.
I.
To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
Servants
mistake
, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.
Swift.

Mis-take′

(mĭs-tāk′)
,
Noun.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mistake

MISTA'KE

,
Verb.
T.
To take wrong; to conceive or understand erroneously; to misunderstand or misapprehend.
'Tis to mistake them costs the time and pain.
1.
To take one thing or person for another.
We mistake the eloquence of self-apology for the animation of conscious integrity.
A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it.

MISTA'KE

,
Verb.
I.
To err in opinion or judgment.
Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.

MISTA'KE

,
Noun.
An error in opinion or judgment; misconception.
Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake.
1.
A slip; a fault; an error. There is a mistake in the account or in the date.

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