err

Definitions

1. 1.To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. "My jealous aim might err." Shak.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.5. To offend, as by erring.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. "My jealous aim might err." Shak called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?