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   Errand (?), n. [OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. ærende, ærend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, örendi, erendi, Sw. ärende, Dan. ærende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. örr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient.] A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, “the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand”. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
   
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   I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19.
   
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   I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33.
   
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   2. Any specific task, usually of a routine nature, requiring some form of travel, usually locally.  An errand is often on behalf of someone else, but sometimes for one's own purposes.
   
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   3. A mission.
   
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   To run an errand,  To perform an errand2.
   
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