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English
Verb
mistaking
- present participle and gerund of mistake
Noun
mistaking (plural mistakings)
- (obsolete) A mistake.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I prithee,
Remember, I have done thee worthy service;
Told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served
Without grudge or grumblings: […]
1634, Gervase Markham, chapter 7, in The Art of Archerie, London: Ben Fisher, page 52:Now, that you may escape general mistaking in the election of your Bow, I will giue you some Rules and Notions, which if you forget not, shall preuent many mistakings.
1689, John Selden, “Truth”, in Table-Talk, London: Jacob Tonson, published 1696, page 177:The way to find out the Truth is by others mistakings: For if I was to go to such a place, and one had gone before me on the Right-hand, and he was out; another had gone on the Left-hand, and he was out; this would direct me to keep the middle way, that peradventure would bring me to the place I desir’d to go.