err

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I may err, and do err, like other men; for, to err is human. "

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  1. intransitive verb To make an error or a mistake.
  2. intransitive verb To violate accepted moral standards; sin.
  3. intransitive verb Archaic To stray.
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  • This might seem like a good time to hold off on adding new cost centers -- err, children -- to your financial situation. —  Dealbreaker
  • I changed a drive out of a 3100 into the 5100 and it now comes up with cprm err, and hd error. so changed it back, but now getting hd error. —  VideoHelp.com Forum
  • You can always tell when there's a new Golf on the block - err, no, actually you can't. —  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Humans err, and I guess I just expected too much of myself. —  Palestine Blogs aggregator
  • Instead, it†™ s transitional in the sense that the focus seems to be shifting away from the hardware side and honing back in on the software, err, applications business. —  MacDailyNews
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err:   erring ·  erred ·  errs
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English erren, from Old French errer, from Latin errāre, to wander; see ers- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English erren, from Old French errer = Provencal Spanish Portuguese errar = Italian errare, from Latin errare, wander, stray, err, mistake, orig. *ersare = Gothic (Moesogothic) airzjan, transitive, cause to err, mislead, = Old High German irreōn, irrōn, Middle High German G. irren, intransitive, wander, stray, err; cf. Gothic (Moesogothic) airzjis, adjective, = Old High German irri, German irre, astray; prob. the same word as Old High German irri = Anglo-Saxon yrre, eorre, angry, enraged (for sense cf. Latin delirus, crazy, raving, literally out of the furrow: see delirious), but (?) cf. Latin ira, anger.
 

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