"mistaking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mistakings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mistaking (plural mistakings)
  1. (obsolete) A mistake. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mistaking-en-noun-spWbqxv0

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} mistaking
  1. present participle and gerund of mistake. Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: mistake Derived forms: mistakingly
    Sense id: en-mistaking-en-verb-L3IRq8x4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81

Inflected forms

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