Mistaking

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

present participle and gerund of mistake..

Definitions by Sense

1. present participle and gerund of mistake.
2. (obsolete) A mistake.

Example Sentences

I prithee, Remember, I have done thee worthy service; Told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, served Without grudge or grumblings: […]

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.

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.

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