mistaken : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mistaken	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mistaken adj wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity" Synonym(s): misguided, mistaken arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation" Synonym(s): false, mistaken
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mistaken \Mistak"en\, p.a. 1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken* man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.