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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment;
- Example: "well-meaning but misguided teachers"
- Example: "a mistaken belief"
- Example: "mistaken identity"
[syn: misguided, mistaken]

2. arising from error;
- Example: "a false assumption"
- Example: "a mistaken view of the situation"
[syn: false, mistaken]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mistake \Mis*take"\ (m[i^]s*t[=a]k"), v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook (m[i^]s*t[oo^]k"); p. p. Mistaken (m[i^]s*t[=a]k"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Mistaking.] [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.] 1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. --Locke. [1913 Webster] My father's purposes have been mistook. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another. [1913 Webster] A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge. [1913 Webster] Mistake me not so much, To think my poverty is treacherous. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mistaken \Mis*tak"en\, p.a. 1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. [1913 Webster] 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mistaken adj 1: wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity" [syn: misguided, mistaken] 2: arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation" [syn: false, mistaken]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "mistaken": all wet, all wrong, amiss, catachrestic, distorted, eisegetical, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, garbled, in error, inaccurate, incorrect, misapprehended, misconceived, misconstrued, misguided, misinformed, misinterpreted, misread, misunderstood, off, out of order, perverted, twisted, under an error, warped, wrong