Thesaurus: err

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1. v. i. To wander; to roam; to stray.
2. v. i. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
3. v. i. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
4. v. i. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
5. v. i. To offend, as by erring.
6. v. to make a mistake or be incorrect
7. v. wander from a direct course or at random
8. 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.
9. v:100 v. to make a mistake or be incorrect