Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to mistake
Participle: mistaken
Gerund: mistaking
Indicative
Present
| I | mistake |
| you | mistake |
| he;she;it | mistakes |
| we | mistake |
| you | mistake |
| they | mistake |
Perfect
| I | have mistaken |
| you | have mistaken |
| he;she;it | has mistaken |
| we | have mistaken |
| you | have mistaken |
| they | have mistaken |
Past
| I | mistook |
| you | mistook |
| he;she;it | mistook |
| we | mistook |
| you | mistook |
| they | mistook |
Pluperfect
| I | had mistaken |
| you | had mistaken |
| he;she;it | had mistaken |
| we | had mistaken |
| you | had mistaken |
| they | had mistaken |
Future
| I | will mistake |
| you | will mistake |
| he;she;it | will mistake |
| we | will mistake |
| you | will mistake |
| they | will mistake |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mistaken |
| you | will have mistaken |
| he;she;it | will have mistaken |
| we | will have mistaken |
| you | will have mistaken |
| they | will have mistaken |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | mistake |
| you | mistake |
| he;she;it | mistake |
| we | mistake |
| you | mistake |
| they | mistake |
Perfect
| I | have mistaken |
| you | have mistaken |
| he;she;it | have mistaken |
| we | have mistaken |
| you | have mistaken |
| they | have mistaken |
Imperfect
| I | mistook |
| you | mistook |
| he;she;it | mistook |
| we | mistook |
| you | mistook |
| they | mistook |
Pluperfect
| I | had mistaken |
| you | had mistaken |
| he;she;it | had mistaken |
| we | had mistaken |
| you | had mistaken |
| they | had mistaken |
Conditional
Present
| I | would mistake |
| you | would mistake |
| he;she;it | would mistake |
| we | would mistake |
| you | would mistake |
| they | would mistake |
Perfect
| I | would have mistaken |
| you | would have mistaken |
| he;she;it | would have mistaken |
| we | would have mistaken |
| you | would have mistaken |
| they | would have mistaken |
Imperative
| you | mistake |
| we | Let's mistake |
| you | mistake |
Verbs conjugated like 'mistake'
betake,
caretake,
forsake,
mistake,
overtake,
partake,
retake,
shake,
take,
undertake,
Verbs similar to 'mistake'
mismake,
bitake,
misdate,
misfare,
mislike,
mismate,
misname,
mispage,
misrate,
misstate,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka (“to take in error, to miscarry”); equivalent to mis- + take. Cognate with Icelandic mistaka (“to mistake”), Swedish missta (“to mistake”) (before apocope misstaga).
2. The noun, which replaced earlier mistaking, is derived from the verb. Compare Swedish misstag (“mistake”, noun), Faroese mistak (“mitake”, noun), Icelandic mistak (“mistake”, noun). See: Icelandic '
mistaka', Swedish '
missta'.
Sample Sentences
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Still she thought she heard the trader make an offer for her boy; — could she be mistaken ? Her heart swelled and throbbed, and she involuntarily strained him so tight that the little fellow looked up into her face in astonishment.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] that I can call to mind, men who would shed a grace upon, and do honour to, any society in the civilised world. Many of the resident gentry in Boston and its neighbourhood, and I think I am not mistaken in adding, a large majority of those who are attached to the liberal professions there, have been educated at this same school. Whatever the defects of American universities may be, they [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] his text in all kinds of ways, and twisted it into all manner of shapes; but always ingeniously, and with a rude eloquence, well adapted to the comprehension of his hearers. Indeed if I be not mistaken, he studied their sympathies and understandings much more than the display of his own powers. His imagery was all drawn from the sea, and from the incidents of a seaman 's life; and was often [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] side of the street ) and had afterwards robbed. This fellow, upon the slightest encouragement, would have mingled with his professional recollections the most detestable cant; but I am very much mistaken if he could have surpassed the unmitigated hypocrisy with which he declared that he blessed the day on which he came into that prison, and that he never would commit another robbery as long as he [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] we have heard so much in England. Several gentlemen called upon me who, in the course of conversation, frequently missed the spittoon at five paces; and one (but he was certainly short-sighted ) mistook the closed sash for the open window, at three. On another occasion, when I dined out, and was sitting with two ladies and some gentlemen round a fire before dinner, one of the company fell short of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] bystanders shake their heads in concert with the doctor, and laugh too, and look at each other as much as to say, ‘A pretty bright and first-rate sort of chap is Crocus ! ’ and unless I am very much mistaken, a good many people went to the lecture that night, who never thought about phrenology, or about Doctor Crocus either, in all their lives before.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] a strict silence, though sometimes tempted to break it, but in reference to which I will, with your good leave, take you into my confidence now. Even the Press, being human, may be sometimes mistaken or misinformed, and I rather think that I have in one or two rare instances observed its information to be not strictly accurate with reference to myself. Indeed, I have, now and again, been more [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Tom spoke in a mild voice, but with a decision that could not be mistaken. Legree shook with anger; his greenish eyes glared fiercely, and his very whiskers seemed to curl with passion; but, like some ferocious beast, that plays with its victim before he devours it, he [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“GEORGE HARRIS.” George, with his wife, children, sister and mother, embarked for Africa, some few weeks after. If we are not mistaken, the world will yet hear from him there.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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and they mistook us for Syracuse Minutemen and we ended up losing our scalps.
(Rust)