Mistake and Seize

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Mistake

Mistake verb - To fail to understand the true or actual meaning of.
Usage example: the auctioneer mistook my nod for a bid, and I ended up buying a painting I don't even like
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Seize is an antonym for mistake.
Nearby Words: mistaken, mistakenly, mistaking

Seize

Seize verb - To have a clear idea of.
Usage example: a critic with a sharp intellect that is able to seize the most subtle nuances of a work of art
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Mistake is an antonym for seize.
Nearby Words: seizure, seizing, seised
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people mistake people seize people

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  • Useful Notes / The American Civil War To quote Lee: “General Meade will make no mistake on my front, and should I make one, will be quick to seize upon it.”
    Source: Useful Notes / The American Civil War
  • Evil Cannot Comprehend Good If playing Shepard as a paragon, the Illusive Man makes a similar mistake by not having any backup plan to seize the Collector base when Shepard decides to blow it other than relying on Miranda (and possibly the rest of the Cerberus personnel on the Normandy) to get it for him.
    Source: Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
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