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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) | ||
erring adj 1: capable of making an error; "all men are error-prone" [syn: erring, error-prone] | ||
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
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. [1913 Webster] What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. --Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12). [1913 Webster] 2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. "My jealous aim might err." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken. [1913 Webster] The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin. [1913 Webster] Do they not err that devise evil? --Prov. xiv. 22. [1913 Webster] 5. To offend, as by erring. [1913 Webster] | ||
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 | ||
erring \erring\ adj. capable of making an error. Syn: errant, error-prone. [WordNet 1.5] | ||
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