adv. [ Pref. a- + wrong. ] Wrongly. Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Wrong done by a person to himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. wrang. See Wrong, a. ] That which is not right. Specifically:
When I had wrong and she the right. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
One spake much of right and wrong. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Friend, I do thee no wrong. Matt. xx. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]
As the king of England can do no wrong, so neither can he do right but in his courts and by his courts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as binding as that of paying a debt. E. Evereth. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Wrongs, legally, are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
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obs. imp. of Wring. Wrung. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. wrong, wrang, a. & n., AS. wrang, n.; originally, awry, wrung, fr. wringan to wring; akin to D. wrang bitter, Dan. vrang wrong, Sw. vrång, Icel. rangr awry, wrong. See Wring. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
He that sinneth . . . wrongeth his own soul. Prov. viii. 36. [ 1913 Webster ]
I rather choose
To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,
Than I will wrong such honorable men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Evil or wicked behavior or action. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who wrongs or injures another. Shak. “Wrongers of the world.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of wrong; injurious; unjust; unfair;
n. A person of a perverse understanding or obstinate character. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wrongheaded. [ R. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse. --
a. Not wrong; void or free from wrong. [ Obs. ] --
adv. In a wrong manner; unjustly; erroneously; wrong; amiss;
n. The quality or state of being wrong; wrongfulness; error; fault. [ 1913 Webster ]
The best great wrongnesses within themselves. Bp. Butler. [ 1913 Webster ]
The rightness or wrongness of this view. Latham. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. OE. wrongwis. See Wrong, and cf. Righteous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Done at an improper time; ill-timed. [ 1913 Webster ]