v. i.
What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12). [ 1913 Webster ]
The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Do they not err that devise evil? Prov. xiv. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Liable to error; fallible. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Liability to error. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. errabundus. ] Erratic. “Errabund guesses.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. errantia. ] A wandering; state of being in error. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. ærende, ærend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, örendi, erendi, Sw. ärende, Dan. ærende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. örr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient. ] A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission;
I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]
To run an errand,
a. [ F. errant, p. pr. fr. OF. errer to travel, LL. iterare, fr. L. iter journey; confused somewhat with L. errare to err. See Eyre, and cf. Arrant, Itinerant. ]
Seven planets or errant stars in the lower orbs of heaven. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Would make me an errant fool. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who wanders about. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. errare to wander. See Err. ] (Zoöl.) A group of chætopod annelids, including those that are not confined to tubes. See Chætopoda.
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