What is 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 called?
mistake — 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. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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