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err

  [ur, er]
Use err in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to go astray in thought or belief; be mistaken; be incorrect.
2. to go astray morally; sin: To err is human.
3. Archaic. to deviate from the true course, aim, or purpose.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME erren < OF errer < L errāre; akin to Goth airzjan, OHG irrôn, G irren

Related forms:
err⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
err⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
2. transgress, lapse.
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err   (ûr, ěr)   
intr.v.   erred, err·ing, errs
  1. To make an error or a mistake.
  2. To violate accepted moral standards; sin.
  3. Archaic To stray.

[Middle English erren, from Old French errer, from Latin errāre, to wander; see ers- in Indo-European roots.]
Usage Note: The pronunciation (ûr) for the word err is traditional, but the pronunciation (ěr) has gained ground in recent years, perhaps owing to influence from errant and error, and must now be regarded as an acceptable variant. The Usage Panel was split on the matter: 56 percent preferred (ûr), 34 percent preferred (ěr), and 10 percent accepted both pronunciations.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : err
Spanish: errar, equivocarse,
German: sich irren,
Japanese: 誤る
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err 
1303, from O.Fr. errer, from L. errare "wander, go astray, be in error" (a general Gmc. borrowing, cf. O.H.G. arunti "message," O.N. erendi, Goth. airziþa "error, deception"), from PIE base *ers- "wander around" (cf. Skt. arsati "flows," O.E. ierre "angry, straying").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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ERR

Used on the consolidated tape to indicate that an error has been made when reporting a transaction in the indicated security: ERR.LAST.IBM. The previous report, therefore, should be disregarded.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Main Entry: err
Pronunciation: 'er, '&r
Function: intransitive verb
: to make an error erred in denying the motion>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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