Definition: mistaken

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

mistaken
     adj 1: wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but
            misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken
            identity" [syn: misguided]
     2: arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view
        of the situation" [syn: false]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Mistake \Mis*take"\, v. t. [imp. & obs. p. p. Mistook; p. p.
   Mistaken; 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.
Mistaken \Mis*tak"en\, p.a.
   1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or
      a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken.

   2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.