Erring

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Err \Err\ ([~e]r), 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[=o]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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  erring \erring\ adj.
     capable of making an error.
  
     Syn: errant, error-prone.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  erring
       adj : capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone" [syn:
             {error-prone}]