Mis*take" (m&ibreve;s*tāk"),
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.
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.
Mis*take" (m&ibreve;s*tāk"),
v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook (- t&oocr;k"); p. p. Mistaken (-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.
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.
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