Part 3907

<hw>Er`o*te"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a questioning, fr. <?/ to ask.]</ety> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A figure o<?/ speech by which a strong affirmation of the contrary, is implied under the form o<?/ an earnest interrogation, as in the following lines; -</def>

<blockquote>Must I give way and room to your rash choler? Shall I be frighted when a madman stares? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Erotic, Erotical</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw><hw>E*rot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>E*rot"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/: cf. F. <ets>\'82rotique</ets>. See <er>Eros</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the passion of love; treating of love; amatory.</def>

<h1>Erotic</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E*rot"ic</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An amorous composition or poem.</def>

<h1>Eroticism</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>E*rot"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Erotic quality.</def>

<h1>Erpetologist</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er`pe*tol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Herpetologist.</def>

<h1>Erpetology</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er`pe*tol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>erp\'82tologie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Herpetology.</def>

<h1>Err</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Err</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Erred</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Erring</er> <tt>(?; 277, 85)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>errer</ets>, L. <ets>errare</ets>; akin to G. <ets>irren</ets>, OHG. <ets>irran</ets>, v. t., <ets>irr<?/n</ets>, v. i., OS. <ets>irrien</ets>, Sw. <ets>irra</ets>, Dan. <ets>irre</ets>, Goth, <ets>a\'a1rzjan</ets> to lead astray, <ets>airzise</ets> astray.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To wander; to roam; to stray.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "Why wilt thou <i>err</i> from me?"

<i>Keble.</i>

<blockquote>What seemeth to you, if there were to a man an hundred sheep and one of them hath <b>erred</b>. <i>Wyclif (Matt. xviii. 12).</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.</def> "My jealous aim might <i>err</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.</def>

<blockquote>The man may <b>err</b> in his judgment of circumstances. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.</def>

<blockquote>Do they not <b>err</b> that devise evil? <i>Prov. xiv. 22.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To offend, as by erring.</def>

<h1>Errable</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er"ra*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Liable to error; fallible.</def>

<h1>Errableness</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 50- -->>

<hw>Er"ra*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Liability to error.</def>