\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.