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err (ʉr, er)

intransitive verb

  1. to be wrong or mistaken; fall into error
  2. to deviate from the established moral code; do wrong
  3. Obsolete to go astray; wander

Etymology: ME erren < OFr errer < L errare, to wander, go astray, err < IE *eras- > race, Ger irren, to err

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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