Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An error; a mistake.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An error; a mistake.

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  • verb Present participle of mistake.

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  • noun putting the wrong interpretation on

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Examples

  • Holmes may surely be excused in mistaking that narration of earlier events for Watson's work rather than the work of Sir Arthur, Watson's editor, of whom Holmes was ignorant.

    A three pipe problem Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • The new singers don't necessarily all sound alike, but they tend to resemble one another in mistaking vocal calisthenics for improvisation.

    The Singing Epidemic 2006

  • The new singers don't necessarily all sound alike, but they tend to resemble one another in mistaking vocal calisthenics for improvisation.

    The Singing Epidemic 2006

  • The new singers don't necessarily all sound alike, but they tend to resemble one another in mistaking vocal calisthenics for improvisation.

    The Singing Epidemic 2006

  • I seek no explanation, for I have no doubt; but in mistaking me, Miss Anville injures herself: allow me therefore, frankly and openly, to tell you the intention of my visit.

    Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World 1778

  • The great fault and folly of the Jews, in mistaking the design of the law, and abusing it to a very different purpose from that which God intended in the giving of it; for they expected to be justified by the works of it, whereas it was never designed to be the rule of their justification, but only a means of convincing them of their guilt and of their need of a Saviour, and of directing them to Christ, and faith in him, as the only way of obtaining this privilege.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

  • But in designating these dangers as the enemy, we fall into the trap, which we have already warned readers about, namely mistaking symptoms for causes.

    Piers Throws Benny Under the Bus EliRabett 2010

  • But in designating them as the enemy, we fall into the trap about which we have already warned, namely mistaking symptoms for causes.

    OpEdNews - Diary: The New World Order, Verichip and the Microchip Agenda 2009

  • Speaking of time warps, the show did a good job of getting viewers -- especially those who recall his mistaking daughter Betty for his late wife -- to think that something bad is going to happen between little Sally Draper and Grandpa Gene in this episode.

    William Bradley: Mad Men: "My Old Kentucky Home" -- HuffPost Review 2009

  • But in designating them as the enemy, we fall into the trap about which we have already warned, namely mistaking symptoms for causes.

    Printing: The New World Order, Verichip and the Microchip Agenda 2009

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