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mistaken, ppl. a.|mɪˈsteɪk(ə)n|
Also 8 Sc. -tane.
[pa. pple. of mistake v.]
†1.
a. Wrongly supposed to be so.
b. Wrongly taken for something else.
c. Taken in a wrong sense; misunderstood, misconceived. Obs.
1597Breton Marie's Exercise (Grosart) 5/2 Martha..complained to Thee of her sister's mistaken and mistermed idlenes. 1660Dryden Astræa Redux 149 The watchful travellour That by the moon's mistaken light did rise. 1744[see mispoint v.2].
d. mistaken identity: a phrase used to describe an error made with regard to a person's identity.
1865Remarkable Convictions 26 (heading), Mistaken Identity.
2. Of persons: Labouring under a misapprehension; taking a wrong view.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. ii. 36 And she (mistaken) seemes to dote on me. 1660T. Blount Boscobel 55 An imputation (laid on them by some mistaken Zelots) of disloyalty. 1712–14Pope Rape Lock iv. 151 Yet am not I the first mistaken maid, By love of Courts to num'rous ills betray'd. 1715De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. iv. (1841) I. 73 You'll find yourself mistaken in my mother. 1770Junius Lett. xxxvi. 177, I think him honest, though mistaken. 1878Jevons Primer Pol. Econ. 11 A hundred years after the publication of his great book, there ought not to be so many mistaken people vainly acting in opposition to his lessons.
3. transf. of their opinions, actions, etc.: Wrongly conceived, entertained, or carried out; erroneous.
1676Hale Contempl. i. 21 The mistaken estimate of the generality of men. 1692R. L'Estrange Fables xxxviii. 38 The Licentiating of any thing that is Course and Vulgar, out of a foolish Facility or a Mistaken Pity. 1700Collier 2nd Def. Short View 123 Of these Lines he gives a foul and mistaken Translation. 1742Young Nt. Th. v. 301 Friends counsel quick dismission of our grief: Mistaken kindness! our hearts heal too soon. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. vii. 158 We can only suppose that a mistaken feeling of loyalty hindered him. 1897Gladstone E. Crisis 2 The unwise and mistaken views of some Powers have brought dishonour upon the whole. |