Definition of "mistaking"
mistaking
noun
plural mistakings
Quotations
I prithee,Remember, I have done thee worthy service;Told thee no lies, made thee no mistakings, servedWithout grudge or grumblings: […]
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene ii]
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.
1689, John Selden, “Truth”, in Table-Talk, London: Jacob Tonson, published 1696, page 177