mistaking
Word-form referencesmistake
Noun
A mistake.
Usage- Obsolete
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I prithee, Remember, I have done thee worthy service; Told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served Without grudge or grumblings: […]
More examples (2)
Now, that you may escape general mistaking in the election of your Bow, I will giue you some Rules and Notions, which if you forget not, shall preuent many mistakings.
The way to find out the Truth is by others mistakings: For if I was to go to such a place, and one had gone before me on the Right-hand, and he was out; another had gone on the Left-hand, and he was out; this would direct me to keep the middle way, that peradventure would bring me to the place I desir’d to go.
Noun
putting the wrong interpretation on
- Broader terms
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his misinterpretation of the question caused his error
there was no mistaking her meaning
Word forms
mistakings