astray

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ASTRA'Y, adverb [a and stray. See Stray.] Out of the right way or proper place, both in a literal and figurative sense. In morals and religion, it signifies wandering from the path of rectitude, from duty and happiness. Before I was afflicted, I want astray Psalms 129:1. Cattle go astray when they leave their proper owners or inclosures. See Deuteronomy 22:1.
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