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ERRING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erring mean? 

ERRING (adjective)
  The adjective ERRING has 1 sense:

1. capable of making an errorplay

  Familiarity information: ERRING used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ERRING (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of making an error

Synonyms:

erring; error-prone

Context example:

all men are error-prone

Similar:

fallible (likely to fail or make errors)


 Context examples 


"I'll have you arrested, the pair of you, you b-b-big brutes," sobbed the erring soul.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I am not going out under human guidance, subject to the defective laws and erring control of my feeble fellow-worms: my king, my lawgiver, my captain, is the All-perfect.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

In Lady Russell's view, it was perfectly natural that Mr Elliot, at a mature time of life, should feel it a most desirable object, and what would very generally recommend him among all sensible people, to be on good terms with the head of his family; the simplest process in the world of time upon a head naturally clear, and only erring in the heyday of youth.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)



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