2. Verb. (third-person singular of mistake) ¹
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Definition of Mistakes
1. mistake [v] - See also: mistake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistakes
Literary usage of Mistakes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Statutes at Large: Containing the Laws and Concurrent by United States (1850)
"... the Secretary of War lo correct certain mistakes. March 2,1833. ... that in
the proper schedules accompanying the same, mistakes were made in writing ..."
2. John Brown, 1800-1859: A Biography Fifty Years After by Oswald Garrison Villard (1910)
"... APPENDIX SAMBO S mistakes THE original document, as written by John Brown, is
preserved in the Maryland Historical Society and reads thus: — CHAP ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"... the instillation of alcohol into the ear. Two OTOLOGICAL mistakes. DR. 8.
SZENES calls attention to two mistakes in the treatment of the ear often made ..."
4. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"Not the cold quality, which avoids mistakes, but the active virtue, which corrects
the evil of mistakes already made. MORRIS TO HAMILTON. ..."
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