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Err \Err\ ([~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Erred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Erring} (?; 277, 85).] [F. errer, L. errare; akin to G.
irren, OHG. irran, v. t., irr[=o]n, v. i., OS. irrien, Sw.
irra, Dan. irre, Goth, a['i]rzjan to lead astray, airzise
astray.]
1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] "Why wilt thou err
from me?" --Keble.
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What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an
hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. --Wyclif
(Matt. xviii.
12).
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2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed
at. "My jealous aim might err." --Shak.
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3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake
in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
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The man may err in his judgment of circumstances.
--Tillotson.
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4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a
figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
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Do they not err that devise evil? --Prov. xiv.
22.
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5. To offend, as by erring.
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erring \erring\ adj.
capable of making an error.

Syn: errant, error-prone.
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