■ noun something which is not correct; an inaccuracy.
↘an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong.
■ verb ( past mistook ; past participle ~n ) be wrong about.
↘( ~ someone/thing for ) wrongly identify someone or something as.
Derivatives
mistakable (also ~able ) adjective
mistakably (also ~ably ) adverb
Origin
ME (as v.): from ON mistaka 'take in error', prob. influenced in sense by OFr. mesprendre .