Definitions for: 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: drift, mistake, slip, stray

See Also: blunder, fall for, go, locomote, misjudge, misremember, move, slip up, stumble, travel, trip up

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