01 v. i. To wander; to roam; to stray.
imp. & p. p.
Erred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Erring
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To wander; to roam; to stray.[Archaic]“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.
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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.
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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.
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5.
To offend, as by erring.