Definition of err

• v. i. - To wander; to roam; to stray.
• v. i. - To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
• v. i. - To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
• v. i. - To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.
• v. i. - To offend, as by erring.