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Definition of Mistook
1. mistake [v] - See also: mistake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mistook
Literary usage of Mistook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. by James Boswell, Arnold Glover (1901)
"Both tried at it, said Dr. Taylor, and both mistook the emphasis, which should
be upon not and false witness.1 Johnson put them right, ..."
2. Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men by Joseph Spence (1820)
"phors for the speeches of kings and great men : he mistook it for a mark of
greatness. This is strongest in his early plays ; but in his very last, ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"They were very swift, white meteors, rather bright, leaving streaks, and 1 mistook
them at first for early ..."
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