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    Err , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Erred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Erring .] [F. errer, L. errare; akin to G. irren, OHG. irran, v. t., irrōn, v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, aírzjan to lead astray, airzise astray.]
    1. To wander; to roam; to stray. [Archaic] “Why wilt thou err from me?”
      Keble.

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      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. “My jealous aim might err.”
      Shak.

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    3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
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      The man may err in his judgment of circumstances.
      Tillotson.

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    4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
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      Do they not err that devise evil?
      Prov. xiv. 22.

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    5. To offend, as by erring.
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