Mist
(Mist) n. [AS. mist; akin to D. & Sw. mist, Icel. mistr, G. mist dung, Goth. maíhstus, AS. migan
to make water, Icel. miga, Lith. migla mist, Russ. mgla, L. mingere, meiere, to make water, Gr.
to make water, mist, Skr. mih to make water, n., a mist mgha cloud. &radic102. Cf. Misle, Mizzle,
Mixen.]
1. Visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere, at or near the surface of the earth; fog.
2. Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch
mist.
3. Hence, anything which dims or darkens, and obscures or intercepts vision.
His passion cast a mist before his sense.
Dryden. Mist flower (Bot.), a composite plant having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers.
It is found in the Western and Southern United States.
Mist
(Mist), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misted; p. pr. & vb. n. Misting.] To cloud; to cover with mist; to dim.
Shak.
Mist
(Mist), v. i. To rain in very fine drops; as, it mists.
Mistakable
(Mis*tak"a*ble) a. Liable to be mistaken; capable of being misconceived. Sir T. Browne.
Mistake
(Mis*take") v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook (- t&oocrk"); p. p. Mistaken (-tak"'n); p. pr. & vb.
n. Mistaking.] [Pref. mis- + take: cf. Icel. mistaka.]
1. To take or choose wrongly. [Obs. or R.] Shak.
2. To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to
mistake one's meaning. Locke.
My father's purposes have been mistook.
Shak. 3. To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another.
A man may mistake the love of virtue for the practice of it.
Johnson. 4. To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge.
Mistake me not so much,
To think my poverty is treacherous.
Shak. Mistake
(Mis*take"), v. i. To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional
error.
Servants mistake, and sometimes occasion misunderstanding among friends.
Swift.
Mistake
(Mis*take") n.
1. An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional
error of conduct.
Infallibility is an absolute security of the understanding from all possibility of mistake.
Tillotson. 2. (Law) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or
for refusing to perform it.
