mistakably

Variant of mistake

transitive verb mistook, mistaken or Obsoletemistook, mistaking

  1. to understand or perceive wrongly; interpret or judge incorrectly: mistake someone's motives
  2. to take (someone or something) to be another; recognize or identify incorrectly: to mistake one twin for the other

Origin: ME mistaken < ON mistaka, to take wrongly: see mis- & take

intransitive verb

to make a mistake

noun

  1. a fault in understanding, perception, interpretation, etc.
  2. an idea, answer, act, etc. that is wrong; error

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