aberrv.

Brit.

/əˈbəː/, U.S.

/əˈbər/

Forms: 1600s aberre, 1600s– aberr; Scottish pre-1700 abarr, pre-1700 aber, pre-1700 aberre.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aberrer; Latin aberrāre.

Etymology: < Middle French aberrer to diverge from, stray from (1534; French †aberrer ) and its etymon classical Latin aberrāre to wander away, stray, get lost, to digress, to stray from one's purpose, to go wrong < ab- ab- prefix + errāre err v. Compare aberrant adj.

Now rare.

intransitive. To go astray, diverge from a recognized path. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΚΠ

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. viii. xix. f. 107^v/2 Thay..vsit the cursit ritis of paganis, aberand fra ye cristin faith.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 52/8 Sal wauer and aberre fra the fayth.

1609 A. Gardyne Garden Grave & Godlie Flowres sig. D3 The twise two Elements, And everie other thing; Abers not by thair limit bounds.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 189 We may aberre from the proper acception, mistaking one side for another.

1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World vi. 136 That Instituted Cours of Nature; From which when God himself doth Vary, it is Miraculous, and when Nature doth Aberr, it is Monstrous.

1793 H. Boyd Indian Observer 24 Dec. 90 The principle of true honour, distorted by modern opinion and practice, reminds us with a sigh how widely it has aberred from the sage scale of reason.

1866 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 177 No one will ever discover the exact truth or the line of rectitude, though we all know when we have departed or aberred far from them.

1947 Slavonic & East European Rev. 26 38 He visits Engels's doctrine of a primitive communistic society from which civilization has aberred and towards which it will catastrophically return.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aberr
释义	aberrv. Brit. /əˈbəː/, U.S. /əˈbər/ Forms: 1600s aberre, 1600s– aberr; Scottish pre-1700 abarr, pre-1700 aber, pre-1700 aberre. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French aberrer; Latin aberrāre. Etymology: < Middle French aberrer to diverge from, stray from (1534; French †aberrer ) and its etymon classical Latin aberrāre to wander away, stray, get lost, to digress, to stray from one's purpose, to go wrong < ab- ab- prefix + errāre err v. Compare aberrant adj. Now rare. intransitive. To go astray, diverge from a recognized path. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. viii. xix. f. 107^v/2 Thay..vsit the cursit ritis of paganis, aberand fra ye cristin faith. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 52/8 Sal wauer and aberre fra the fayth. 1609 A. Gardyne Garden Grave & Godlie Flowres sig. D3 The twise two Elements, And everie other thing; Abers not by thair limit bounds. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 189 We may aberre from the proper acception, mistaking one side for another. View more context for this quotation 1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World vi. 136 That Instituted Cours of Nature; From which when God himself doth Vary, it is Miraculous, and when Nature doth Aberr, it is Monstrous. 1793 H. Boyd Indian Observer 24 Dec. 90 The principle of true honour, distorted by modern opinion and practice, reminds us with a sigh how widely it has aberred from the sage scale of reason. 1866 De Bow's Rev. Aug. 177 No one will ever discover the exact truth or the line of rectitude, though we all know when we have departed or aberred far from them. 1947 Slavonic & East European Rev. 26 38 He visits Engels's doctrine of a primitive communistic society from which civilization has aberred and towards which it will catastrophically return. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.c1540
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