Word Meanings - ERR - Book Publishers vocabulary database
v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, aírzjan to lead astray, 1. To wander; to roam; to stray. "Why wilt thou err from me" Keble. What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. Wyclif . 2. To
Additional info about word: ERR
v. i., OS. irrien, Sw. irra, Dan. irre, Goth, aírzjan to lead astray, 1. To wander; to roam; to stray. "Why wilt thou err from me" Keble. What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath erred. Wyclif . 2. To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at. "My jealous aim might err." Shak. 3. To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken. The man may err in his judgment of circumstances. Tillotson. 4. To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin. Do they not err that devise evil Prov. xiv. 22. 5. To offend, as by erring.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ERR)
- Deviate
- Digress
- wander
- swerve
- deflect
- err
- sway
- depart
- divaricate
- diverge
- Offend
- Displease
- affront
- outrage
- irritate
- shock
- annoy
- pain
- wound
- nettle
- vex
- fall
- Stray
- Wander
- deviate
- digress
- ramble
- go astray
- rove
- Trip
- Bound
- skip
- taunt
- fail
- stumble
- mistake
- offend
- Wider
- Ramble
- range
- stroll
- expatiate
- roam
- stray
- straggle
- saunter
- navigate
- circumnavigate
- travel
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ERR)
- Hobble
- limp
- crawl
- creep
- shamble
- Course
- speed
- hasten
- drive
- run
- Disturb
- disconnect
- disorder
- derange
- intermit
- remain
- be stationary
Related words: (words related to ERR)
- SPECTACLE
An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually, - SHAMBLE
One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. (more info) a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum - SPERMATOCYTE
See SPERMOBLAST - OFFENDANT
An offender. Holland. - SPECIFICNESS
The quality or state of being specific. - SPERMATIC
Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying - NETTLER
One who nettles. Milton. - OUTRAGEOUS
Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous - SPERMATICAL
Spermatic. - DERANGER
One who deranges. - BOUNDLESS
Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. - DERANGEMENT
The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity; - CREEP
to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately - RANGEMENT
Arrangement. Waterland. - TRAVEL
1. To labor; to travail. Hooker. 2. To go or march on foot; to walk; as, to travel over the city, or through the streets. 3. To pass by riding, or in any manner, to a distant place, or to many places; to journey; as, a man travels for his health; - SPECTROGRAPH
An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n. - SPECK
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel. - OFFENDRESS
A woman who offends. Shak. - SPECTATORSHIP
1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak. - SPECE
Species; kind. Chaucer. - ENAVIGATE
To sail away or over. Cockeram. - HOME-BOUND
Kept at home. - ASPER
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon. - ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
Producing one seed only in a seed pod. - OUTBOUND
Outward bound. Dryden. - ESTRANGE
extraneare to treat as a stranger, from extraneus strange. See 1. To withdraw; to withhold; hence, reflexively, to keep at a distance; to cease to be familiar and friendly with. We must estrange our belief from everything which is not clearly and - OOSPERM; OOESPERM
The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour. - ORANGEADE
A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet. - DISPENSE
1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2. - MISPENSE
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