English-Thai Dictionary

err

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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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ERR

Err, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Erred; p. pr. & vb. n. Erring (; 277, 85 ).]Etym: [F. errer, L. errare; akin to G. irren, OHG. irran, v. t., irr, v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, aírzjan 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

err

err |ər, er ɛr | ▶verb [ no obj. ] formal be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake: the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible. • (often as adj. erring ) sin; do wrong: the erring brother who had wrecked his life. PHRASES err on the right side act so that the least harmful of possible mistakes or errors in is the most likely to occur. err on the side of display more rather than less of (a specified quality ) in one's actions: it is better to err on the side of caution. to err is human, to forgive divine proverb it is human nature to make mistakes oneself while finding it hard to forgive others. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘wander, go astray ’): from Old French errer, from Latin errare ‘to stray. ’usage: Traditionally, err rhymes with her, although the pronunciation that rhymes with hair is now common.

 

Oxford Dictionary

err

err |əː | ▶verb [ no obj. ] formal be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake: the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible. • (often as adj. erring ) sin; do wrong: he had been as solicitous as an erring husband. PHRASES err on the right side act so that the least harmful of possible mistakes or errors is the most likely to occur. err on the side of display more rather than less of (a specified quality ) in one's actions: it is better to err on the side of caution. to err is human, to forgive divine proverb it is human nature to make mistakes oneself while finding it hard to forgive others. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘wander, go astray ’): from Old French errer, from Latin errare ‘to stray ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

err

err verb the judge had erred in not allowing new evidence: make a mistake, be wrong, be in error, be mistaken, blunder, fumble, be incorrect, miscalculate, get it wrong; sin, lapse; informal slip up, screw up, foul up, goof, make a boo-boo, drop the ball, bark up the wrong tree.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

err

err verb 1 the Court of Appeal ruled that the judge had erred in not allowing new evidence: make a mistake, be wrong, be in error, be mistaken, mistake, make a blunder, blunder, be incorrect, be inaccurate, misjudge, miscalculate, get things /something /it wrong, bark up the wrong tree, get the wrong end of the stick, be wide of the mark; informal slip up, screw up, blow it, foul up, goof, boob, fluff something, make a hash of something, put one's foot in it, make a boo-boo, make a bloomer, drop a brick; vulgar slang fuck something up, bugger something up. ANTONYMS be right. 2 she struck their fingers with a ruler when they erred: misbehave, do wrong, go wrong, behave badly, misconduct oneself, be bad, be naughty, get up to mischief, get up to no good, act up, act badly, give someone trouble, cause someone trouble; sin, go astray, transgress, trespass, fall from grace, lapse, degenerate; clown about /around, fool about /around, act the clown, act the fool, act the goat, act foolishly, forget oneself; informal mess about /around; Brit. informal muck about /around, play up.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

err

err /əː r /動詞 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 誤る ; «…で /…するという » 間違いを犯す «in /in do ing » .2 正道を踏み誤る, 過ちを犯す ; 【真理などから 】はずれる «from » ▸ To err is human, to forgive divine .｟ことわざ ｠過ちは人の常, 許すは神の心 è rr on the s í de of A A 〈良い事 〉をし過ぎる .