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ERRAND
errand
(noun) a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
errand (plural errands)
A journey undertaken to accomplish some task.
(literary or archaic) A mission or quest.
A mundane mission of no great consequence, concerning household or business affairs (dropping items by, doing paperwork, going to a friend's house, etc.)
The purpose of such a journey.
An oral message trusted to a person for delivery.
Verb
errand (third-person singular simple present errands, present participle erranding, simple past and past participle erranded)
(transitive) To send someone on an errand.
(intransitive) To go on an errand.
Anagrams
• Ardern, Darren, Renard, darner
Source: Wiktionary
Er"rand, n. Etym: [OE. erende, erande, message, business, AS. ærende, ærend; akin to OS. arundi, OHG. arunti, Icel. eyrendi, örendi, erendi, Sw. ärende, Dan. ærende; perh. akin to AS. earu swift, Icel. örr, and to L. oriri to rise, E. orient.]
Definition: A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere. I have a secret errand to thee, O king. Judg. iii. 19. I will not eat till I have told mine errand. Gen. xxiv. 33. mission.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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