From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mistake \Mis*take"\, v. i.
To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to
commit an unintentional error.
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Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion
misunderstanding among friends. --Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mistake \Mis*take"\ (m[i^]s*t[=a]k"), n.
1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a
misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an
unintentional error of conduct.
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Infallibility is an absolute security of the
understanding from all possibility of mistake.
--Tillotson.
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2. (Law) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may
be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to
perform it.
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{No mistake}, surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the
appointed time, and no mistake. [Low]
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Syn: Blunder; error; bull. See {Blunder}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mistake \Mis*take"\ (m[i^]s*t[=a]k"), v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p.
{Mistook} (m[i^]s*t[oo^]k"); p. p. {Mistaken}
(m[i^]s*t[=a]k"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mistaking}.] [Pref. mis-
+ take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]
1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] --Shak.
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2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend,
or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's
meaning. --Locke.
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My father's purposes have been mistook. --Shak.
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3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one
person for another.
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A man may mistake the love of virtue for the
practice of it. --Johnson.
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4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character,
qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
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Mistake me not so much,
To think my poverty is treacherous. --Shak.
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