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Definition of Erring
1. Adjective. Capable of making an error. "All men are error-prone"
Definition of Erring
1. Verb. (present participle of err) ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of er) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Erring
1. err [v] - See also: err
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erring
Literary usage of Erring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1839)
"erring and falsity how they differ. Error of the mind by itself without ...
MEN are subject to err not only in affirming and erring &. fai- denying, ..."
2. Lincoln Literary Collection, Designed for School-room and Family Circle by John Piersol McCaskey, A. Lincoln (1897)
"Chide mildly the erring, kind language endears; Grief follows the sinful, ...
Chide mildly the erring, jeer not at their fall; If strength be but human, ..."
3. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1899)
"Assuming, therefore, that the State as a political entity owes a duty to the
dependent and to the erring also, when and how should this duty be admitted ? ..."
4. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1851)
"3) And if conscience be pretended against it, it is an error and ought to be laid
down, for to follow this erring conscience engages us in sin all the way. ..."
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