Err word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "err" word

[verb] to make a mistake or be incorrect
[verb] 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"

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\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 for err

drift, mistake, slip, stray

Related terms: backslide, be in error, be mistaken, be wrong, blunder, bungle, commit sin, degenerate, deviate, divagate, do amiss, do wrong, drift, excurse, fall, fall into error, foozle, go adrift, go amiss, go astray, go awry, go wrong, goof, judge amiss, lapse, meander, misappreciate, misbelieve, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, misdeem, misesteem, misestimate, misevaluate, misinterpret, misjudge, misreckon, miss, miss the mark, misthink, misvalue, offend, pererrate, ramble, rove, serve Mammon, sin, slip, slip up, snake, straggle, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, trip, twist, twist and turn, wander, wind

The fun area, different aproach to word »err«

Let's analyse "err" as pure text. This string has Three letters in One syllable and One vowel. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: RRE. Average typing speed for these characters is 795 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: . .-. .-.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: err: 5 = 5, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: err: 5 + 9 + 9 = 23, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Intensity	Meaning
E (1)	5	Hierophant		Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
R (2)	18	Moon		Patient, Determined, Strong

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