mistaking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mistaking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for mistaking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mistaking n putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning" Synonym(s): misinterpretation, misunderstanding, mistaking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mistaking \Mis*tak"ing\, n. An error; a mistake. --Shak.
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.