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[ verb ] to make a mistake or be incorrect
Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)He declared on March_25 that the United_States had erred a year and a half ago by `` encouraging the removal '' of Prince_Souvanna . (The Providence Journal,...)In its ruling , the state Board_of_Education upheld Dr._Michael_F._Walsh , state commissioner of education , who had ruled previously that the Warwick board erred when it named Maurice_F._Tougas as coordinator of audio-visual education without first finding that the school_superintendent 's candidate was not suitable . (Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)Was it not possible , after_all , that the forest was in league with her and her child , that its sympathy lay with the Culvers , that she had erred in failing to understand this ? Related terms misjudge stumble misremember fall_for stumble mistake erroneousness slip errancy |
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[ verb ] wander from a direct course or at random
Examples "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her" "don't drift from the set course" Used in print (Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)The first is the strictly scientific , which demands concrete proof and therefore may err on the conservative side by waiting for evidence in_the_flesh . |
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