Definition of mistake

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Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning..

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Bracket :: Bracket (n.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; -- called also crotchet..
Trip :: Trip (n.) A false step; a stumble; a misstep; a loss of footing or balance. Fig.: An error; a failure; a mistake.
Disabuse :: Disabuse (v. t.) To set free from mistakes; to undeceive; to disengage from fallacy or deception; to set right.
Postentry :: Postentry (n.) A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake..
Blunder :: Blunder (n.) A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance..
Misinterpretation :: Misinterpretation (n.) The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
Misknow :: Misknow (v. t.) To have a mistaken notion of or about.
Misemployment :: Misemployment (n.) Wrong or mistaken employment.
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning..
Mistook :: Mistook () imp. & obs. p. p. of Mistake.
Illusion :: Illusion (n.) A sensation originated by some external object, but so modified as in any way to lead to an erroneous perception; as when the rolling of a wagon is mistaken for thunder..
Trip :: Trip (n. i.) Fig.: To be guilty of a misstep; to commit an offense against morality, propriety, or rule; to err; to mistake; to fail..
Missheathed :: Missheathed (a.) Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place.
Misdevotion :: Misdevotion (n.) Mistaken devotion.
Inaccuracy :: Inaccuracy (n.) That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc..
Double :: Double (v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake; to make a doublet.
Fallible :: Fallible (a.) Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible..
Miscopy :: Miscopy (n.) A mistake in copying.
Aright :: Aright (adv.) Rightly; correctly; in a right way or form; without mistake or crime; as, to worship God aright..
Mislead :: Mislead (v. t.) To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.
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