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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ERR, v.i. [L. erro.]
1. To wander from the right way; to deviate from the true course or purpose.
But errs not nature from this gracious end,
From burning suns when livid deaths descend?
2. To miss the right way, in morals or religion; to deviate from the path or line of duty; to stray by design or mistake.
We have erred and strayed like lost sheep.
3. To mistake; to commit error; to do wrong from ignorance or inattention. Men err in judgment from ignorance, from want of attention to facts, or from previous bias of mind.
4. To wander; to ramble.
A storm of strokes, well meant, with fury flies,
And errs about their temples,ears, and eyes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, mistake, slip]
2: 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" [syn: stray, err, drift]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French errer, from Latin errare to wander, err; akin to Old English ierre wandering, perverse, Gothic airzeis deceived Date: 14th century 1. archaic stray 2. a. to make a mistake <erred in his calculations> <erred on the side of caution> b. to violate an accepted standard of conduct

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. 1 be mistaken or incorrect. 2 do wrong; sin. Phrases and idioms: err on the right side act so that the least harmful of possible errors is the most likely to occur. err on the side of act with a specified bias (errs on the side of generosity). Etymology: ME f. OF errer f. L errare stray: rel. to Goth. airzei error, airzjan lead astray

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Err 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(errs, erring, erred) 1. If you err, you make a mistake. (FORMAL, OLD-FASHIONED) It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates... If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again. VERB: V in n, V 2. If you err on the side of caution, for example, you decide to act in a cautious way, rather than take risks. They may be wise to err on the side of caution... He probably erred on the conservative rather than the generous side. PHRASE: V inflects

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Deviate (from the right way), wander, ramble, rove. 2. Mistake, blunder, misjudge, make a mistake, be at fault, labor under a mistake. 3. Sin, lapse, fall, trip, trespass, offend, go astray, do amiss, commit a fault.

Foolish Dictionary

To make a mistake. (See ERRATIC)

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	ERR
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ANE
FAA District	NONE
State	NH
State	NEW HAMPSHIRE
County	COOS
County State	NH
City Name	ERROL
Full Name	ERROL
Owner Type	PR
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"ERROL, NH 03579"
Elevation	1245
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	MONTREAL
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	01
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	NW
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	N
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	002
Air Taxi	000025
General Aviation, Local Operations	000400
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	000100
Latitude	44.7925497222
Longitude	-71.1642450000
State FIPS code	33
State Postal Code	NH
Version	09

Moby Thesaurus

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