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Err Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Err? [v] to make a mistake or be incorrect [v] wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Err: drift \| mistake \| slip \| stray Related Terms \| Find terms related to Err: backslide \| be in error \| be mistaken \| be wrong \| blunder \| bungle \| commit sin \| degenerate \| deviate \| divagate \| do amiss \| do wrong \| drift \| excurse \| fall \| fall into error \| foozle \| go adrift \| go amiss \| go astray \| go awry \| go wrong \| goof \| judge amiss \| lapse \| meander \| misappreciate \| misbelieve \| miscalculate \| miscompute \| misconjecture \| misconstrue \| misdeem \| misesteem \| misestimate \| misevaluate \| misinterpret \| misjudge \| misreckon \| miss \| miss the mark \| misthink \| misvalue \| offend \| pererrate \| ramble \| rove \| serve Mammon \| sin \| slip \| slip up \| snake \| straggle \| stray \| stumble \| transgress \| trespass \| trip \| twist \| twist and turn \| wander \| wind See Also \| blunder \| fall for \| go \| locomote \| misjudge \| misremember \| move \| slip up \| stumble \| travel \| trip up Err In Webster's Dictionary \Err\, 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?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. What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. --Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12). 2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. ``My jealous aim might err.'' --Shak. 3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken. The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. --Tillotson. 4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin. Do they not err that devise evil? --Prov. xiv. 22. 5. To offend, as by erring.

Err Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Err?

[v] to make a mistake or be incorrect
[v] wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Err: drift | mistake | slip | stray

Err In Webster's Dictionary

\Err\, 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?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.

         What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an
         hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. --Wyclif
                                               (Matt. xviii.
                                               12).

2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed
   at. ``My jealous aim might err.'' --Shak.

3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake
   in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

         The man may err in his judgment of circumstances.
                                               --Tillotson.

4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a
   figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.

         Do they not err that devise evil?     --Prov. xiv.
                                               22.

5. To offend, as by erring.

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