MISTAKEN

false, mistaken

(adjective) arising from error; “a false assumption”; “a mistaken view of the situation”

misguided, mistaken

(adjective) wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; “well-meaning but misguided teachers”; “a mistaken belief”; “mistaken identity”

MISTAKE

err, mistake, slip

(verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect

mistake, misidentify

(verb) identify incorrectly; “Don’t mistake her for her twin sister”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

mistaken

past participle of mistake

Adjective

mistaken (comparative more mistaken, superlative most mistaken)

Erroneous.

(with a copula verb, often, with about) Having an incorrect belief.

Usage notes

• The phrase if I'm not mistaken (and variations) is used to indicate that one is uncertain about something one has said.

• Nouns to which mistaken is often applied: identity, belief, notion, view, assumption, impression, idea, thinking, identification, diagnosis, interpretation, person, opinion, conclusion, judgment, conception, perception, theory, reading, concept.

Anagrams

• mankiest

Source: Wiktionary

Mis*tak"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.

MISTAKE

Mis*take", v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook; p. p. Mistaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.] Etym: [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.

Mis*take", v. i.

Definition: To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error. Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends. Swift.

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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition