Crossword clues for mistaken
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.]
--Shak.-
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.
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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.
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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.
Mistaken \Mis*tak"en\, p.a.
Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.
Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, "under misapprehension," past participle adjective from mistake (v.). Related: Mistakenly. Mistaken identity attested from 1865.
Wiktionary
1 erroneous. 2 (context with a copula verb often with ''about'' English) Having an incorrect belief. v
(past participle of mistake English)
WordNet
n. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" [syn: error, fault]
an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister" [syn: misunderstanding, misapprehension]
part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" [syn: error]
v. identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister" [syn: misidentify]
See mistake
Wikipedia
Mistaken may refer to:
- Mistaken (novel) a 2011 novel by Neil Jordan
- Mistaken Creek, a stream in Kentucky
- Mistaken identity, a claim of the actual innocence of a criminal defendant
- Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and Labrador, a small Canadian headland
Mistaken is a novel by the Irish novelist and filmmaker Neil Jordan published in 2011 by John Murray in the UK and Soft Skull Press in the US. It won both the Irish Book Award and Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award.
Usage examples of "mistaken".
He told me that if I thought I was going to prove I was not in love with his wife by staying away I was very much mistaken, and he invited me to accompany all the family to Testaccio, where they intended to have luncheon on the following Thursday.
Bonaparte was, however, mistaken as to the mode of accomplishing the object he had in view.
He had later claimed that it was an unintentional error and he had been given the benefit of the doubt, since it was not impossible that after a day of harassing visits he should have mistaken the ampoule, all the more so considering the semi-darkness pervading the sick room.
It was only by summoning up all the fierceness of his temper, all the impatience of his passions, and all the mistaken haughtiness and inflexibility of his purpose, that he could resist the artless enchantment.
We now proceed to quote and unfold five distinct passages, not yet brought forward, from the epistle, each of which proves that we are not mistaken in attributing to the writer 8 Antiq.
His hands were held above it in an opaque curtain, which Barton had mistaken for a layer of dust and haze.
You are mistaken in believing yourself a free woman, bedin, and this will be proven to you.
Furthermore, this Bedstraw has been called Goose-grease, from a mistaken belief that obstructive ailments of geese can be cured therewith.
Suddenly, on the other side of it, he beheld Captain Lovelock, seated squarely in his orchestra-stall, but, if Bernard was not mistaken, paying as little attention to the stage as he himself had done.
Alfred had seen already, a man in early midlife, and it was easy to see, from his appearance, how the mensch had once mistaken the Sartan for gods.
It is based on a mistaken understanding of the number of units Iraq deployed in the KTO and a misappreciation of Iraqi army structure.
She wanted to be mistaken, to have misplaced, miscounted the essentially interchangeable stock, but knew at once that no amount of wishful thinking, checking, rechecking the shelves, could erase the stubborn fact of loss gaping up at her from the mockingly vacant slots of the gem trays.
For the first time since I had glimpsed her across the crowded ballroom I understood how I could have mistaken her for a monial of the order whose habit she wore.
But are you saying that all philosophically mistaken ideas are psychologically or neurotically motivated?
She had, in her embarrassment, mistaken her own door, and burst suddenly into the room of Herr Paravant, a Dortmund lawyer.