Err \Err\ ([~e]r), 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[=o]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.
      
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            What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an
            hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. --Wyclif
                                                  (Matt. xviii.
                                                  12).
      
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   2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed
      at. "My jealous aim might err." --Shak.
      
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   3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake
      in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
      
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            The man may err in his judgment of circumstances.
                                                  --Tillotson.
      
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   4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a
      figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
      
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            Do they not err that devise evil?     --Prov. xiv.
                                                  22.
      
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   5. To offend, as by erring.
      
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