err

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verb

To err is defined as to make a mistake or to do something wrong.

When you add 2+2 and get 5, this is an example of a situation where you err.

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err

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

Origin of err

Middle English erren from Old French errer from Classical Latin errare, to wander, go astray, err from Indo-European an unverified form eras- from source race, German irren, to err

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err

intransitive verb

erred, err·ing, errs

To make an error or misjudgment: I erred in turning onto the dead-end street.
To commit an act that is wrong; do wrong.
Archaic To stray.

Origin of err

Middle English erren from Old French errer from Latin errāre to wander ; see ers- in Indo-European roots.

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present errs, present participle erring, simple past and past participle erred)

(intransitive) To make a mistake.
He erred in his calculations, and made many mistakes.
(intransitive) To sin.
(archaic) to stray.

Origin

From Middle English erren, from Old French errer (“to wander, err, mistake”), from Latin errō (“wander, stray, err, mistake”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *ares- (“to be angry, lose one's temper”). Cognate with Old English eorre, ierre (“anger, wrath, ire”), Old English iersian (“to be angry with, rage, irritate, provoke”), Old English ierre (“wandering, gone astray, confused”).

Noun

(law) Abbreviation of errors.

Usage notes

This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in case citations. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Court Names", Table T7, p. 432-434.

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