Mistook
[mɪ'stʊk]
Definition
(imp. & obs. p. p.) of Mistake
(-) imp. & obs. p. p. of Mistake.
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Examples
- I mistook the chapter, and book, and Testament--gospel for law, Acts for Genesis, the city of Jerusalem for the plain of Shinar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And now I think he hates me because--because you mistook him yesterday. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If we was not in a muddle among ourseln, I should'n ha' been, by my own fellow weavers and workin' brothers, so mistook. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In a snowstorm you rode up to a moose and he mistook your horse for another moose and trotted forward to meet you. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She meant it kindly, but Amy mistook her meaning, and said quickly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Seeing all these preparations, my idea of a prince was very high; but when he did arrive I mistook the Duke of Newcastle for him, the duke being a fine-looking man. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- You must not becall me for laughing when you spoke; you mistook when you thought I laughed at you as a foolish man. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- While he talked you had the impression that he was not looking at you or that he mistook you for some one else. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I beg your pardon, it was so small, I naturally mistook it for one of the flyaway things you sometimes wear. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You quite mistook Mr. Darcy. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The young woman came to the door last evening--mistook the house, she did. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They mistook my work for the work of a ripe scholar. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Hoo were mistook, and I were misled. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- On August 4 in fixing certain reference points he noted, but mistook for a star, the new planet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- These, Caroline, when they smiled on me, I mistook for angels. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I completely mistook my case. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Yet there was such a decided resemblance in their _tout ensemble_, that everybody mistook Julia for Fanny's elder sister. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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