- (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract or for refusing to perform it.
- (v.i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.
- (v.t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.
- (v.t.) To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
- (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.
- (v.t.) To take or choose wrongly.
- (v.t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
- (v.t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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