Mistake : (noun)
1: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or
inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to
point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in
spite of his grammatical faults" [syn: error, fault]
2: an understanding of something that is not correct; "he
wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about
his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I
don't have a sister" [syn: misunderstanding, misapprehension]
3: part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full
of errors" [syn: error]
(verb)
1: identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin
sister" [syn: misidentify]
2: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, slip]
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Mistake : \Mis*take"\, v. t.
To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. ``Limping
possibilities of mismade human nature.'' --Mrs. Browning.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MISTAKE, contracts. An error committed in relation to some matter of fact
affecting the rights of one of the parties to a contract.
2. Mistakes in making a contract are distinguished ordinarily into,
first, mistakes as to the motive; secondly, mistakes as to the person, with
whom the contract is made; thirdly, as to the subject matter of the
contract; and, lastly, mistakes of fact and of law. See Story, Eq. Jur. Sec.
110; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.; Ignorance; Motive.
3. In general, courts of equity will correct and rectify all mistakes
in deeds and contracts founded on good consideration. 1 Ves. 317; 2 Atk.
203; Mitf. Pl. 116; 4 Vin. Ab. 277; 13 Vin. Ab. 41; 18 E. Com. Law Reps. 14;
8 Com. Digest, 75; Madd. Ch. Prac. Index, h.t.; 1 Story on Eq. ch. 5, p.
121; Jeremy's Eq. Jurisd. B. 3, part 2, p. 358. See article Surprise.
4. As to mistakes in the names of legatees, see 1 Rop. Leg. 131; Domat,
l. 4, t. 2, s. 1, n. 22. As to mistakes made in practice, and as to the
propriety or impropriety of taking advantage of them, see Chitt. Pr. Index,
h.t. As to mistakes of law in relation to contracts, see 23 Am. Jur. 146 to
166.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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