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mistake
verb
-
mistake
,
mistaking
,
mistakes
,
mistook
,
mistaken
to
think
wrongly
that
someone
or
something
is
another
person
or
thing
•
Many
people
mistake
me
for
my
older
brother
.
Many
people
mistake
me
for
my
older
brother
.
•
He
mistook
the
salt
for
sugar
and
ruined
the
soup
.
He
mistook
the
salt
for
sugar
and
ruined
the
soup
.
From
Old
Norse
‘
mistaka
’
meaning
“
take
wrongly
”.
The
verb
entered
Middle
English
in
the
14th
century
.
verb
-
mistake
,
mistaking
,
mistakes
,
mistook
,
mistaken
to
understand
something
wrongly
or
give
it
the
wrong
meaning
•
Please
don
’
t
mistake
my
silence
as
disapproval
.
Please
don
’
t
mistake
my
silence
as
disapproval
.
•
She
mistook
the
directions
and
ended
up
at
the
wrong
address
.
She
mistook
the
directions
and
ended
up
at
the
wrong
address
.
Same
Old
Norse
root
as
other
senses
,
with
meaning
extended
to
wrong
understanding
by
the
17th
century
.
stake
verb
-
stake
,
staking
,
stakes
,
staked
to
fasten
,
support
,
or
mark
something
by
driving
stakes
into
the
ground
•
They
staked
the
fence
posts
along
the
new
property
line
.
They
staked
the
fence
posts
along
the
new
property
line
.
•
Remember
to
stake
the
tomatoes
before
they
grow
too
heavy
.
Remember
to
stake
the
tomatoes
before
they
grow
too
heavy
.
Verb
use
dates
to
Middle
English
,
directly
from
the
noun
,
meaning
‘
to
provide
with
stakes
’.
verb
-
stake
,
staking
,
stakes
,
staked
to
risk
money
or
something
valuable
on
the
result
of
something
•
He
staked
his
entire
bonus
on
a
single
roll
of
the
dice
.
He
staked
his
entire
bonus
on
a
single
roll
of
the
dice
.
•
I
wouldn
’
t
stake
my
reputation
on
that
prediction
.
I
wouldn
’
t
stake
my
reputation
on
that
prediction
.
Extended
verb
sense
from
gambling
houses
in
the
18th
century
,
where
money
was
metaphorically
‘
tied
to
a
stake
’.
verb
-
stake
,
staking
,
stakes
,
staked
to
claim
or
mark
ownership
of
something
clearly
,
often
by
physical
or
verbal
declaration
•
The
prospector
staked
a
claim
to
the
gold-rich
land
.
The
prospector
staked
a
claim
to
the
gold-rich
land
.
•
Teenagers
rushed
to
the
concert
gate
to
stake
their
places
at
the
front
.
Teenagers
rushed
to
the
concert
gate
to
stake
their
places
at
the
front
.
Sense
borrowed
from
miners
in
19th-century
North
America
who
literally
drove
stakes
to
mark
property
claims
.
