Mistake

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To take or choose wrongly.

II. Mistake ·vt To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

III. Mistake ·vt To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.

IV. Mistake ·vi To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error.

V. Mistake ·vt To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, ·etc.; to Misjudge.

VI. Mistake ·noun Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

VII. Mistake ·vt To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning.

VIII. Mistake ·noun An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct.