Mistake \Mis*take"\, v. t. To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. ``Limping possibilities of mismade human nature.'' --Mrs. Browning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mistake \Mis*take"\, v. i. To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends. --Swift.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mistake \Mis*take"\, n.

1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.

Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake. --Tillotson.

2. (Law) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

No mistake, surely; without fail; as, it will happen at the appointed time, and no mistake. [Low]

Syn: Blunder; error; bull. See Blunder.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Mistake \Mis*take"\, v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook; p. p. Mistaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.]

[Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]

1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.]

--Shak.

2. 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. --Shak.

3. 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. --Johnson.

4. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)