plural of ground-mist

(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another. / (transitive, obsolete) To misunderstand (someone).

Erroneous. / (with a copula verb, often with about) Having an incorrect belief.

past participle of mistake

An error; a blunder. / (baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.

Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood.

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistake

present participle of mistake

(obsolete) A mistake.

An intentional error, usually to avoid some worse outcome, especially when done as a ruse.