Err /(ẽr)/
Err
v. i.
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.
- 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.
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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?
- To offend, as by erring.