to mistake

  • 61mistake for — mi ˈstake for [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they mistake for he/she/it mistakes for present participle mistaking for past tense mistook for …

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  • 62mistake — [13] Mistake originally meant literally ‘take in error, take the wrong thing’. It was borrowed from Old Norse mistaka, a compound verb formed from the prefix mis ‘wrongly’ and taka ‘take’. This sense survived in English for some time (‘to be ever …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 63mistake of fact — An active mistake, consisting in the belief of existence of a matter or thing which is nonexistent, or vice versa, or a passive mistake, consisting of unconsciousness, ignorance, or forgetfulness of a fact material to the transaction. Kowalke v… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 64mistake of law and fact — A mistake of fact induced by a mistake of law, as in making a payment. 40 Am J1st Paym § 90 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 65mistake — [13] Mistake originally meant literally ‘take in error, take the wrong thing’. It was borrowed from Old Norse mistaka, a compound verb formed from the prefix mis ‘wrongly’ and taka ‘take’. This sense survived in English for some time (‘to be ever …

    Word origins

  • 66mistake of fact — law : a mistake other than a mistake of law …

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  • 67mistake — See: BY MISTAKE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 68mistake — See: BY MISTAKE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 69mistake — I. verb (mistook; mistaken; mistaking) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to blunder in the choice of < mistook her way in the dark > 2. a. to misunderstand the meaning or intention of …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 70mistake — Synonyms and related words: bad job, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blunder, bobble, boggle, bonehead play, boner, boo boo, boob, botch, bungle, clanger, clerical error, clumsy performance, contort, corrigendum, distort, erratum, error, etourderie,&#8230; …

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