vi to offend, as by erring.
2. err ·vi to deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
3. err ·vi to wander; to roam; to stray.
4. err ·vi to miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.
5. err ·vi to deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.