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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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(1):

(v. t.) To impute evil to unjustly; as, if you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.

(2):

imp. of Wring. Wrung.

(3):

(a.) Not according to truth; not conforming to fact or intent; not right; mistaken; erroneous; as, a wrong statement.

(4):

(a.) Not according to the laws of good morals, whether divine or human; not suitable to the highest and best end; not morally right; deviating from rectitude or duty; not just or equitable; not true; not legal; as, a wrong practice; wrong ideas; wrong inclinations and desires.

(5):

(a.) Not fit or suitable to an end or object; not appropriate for an intended use; not according to rule; unsuitable; improper; incorrect; as, to hold a book with the wrong end uppermost; to take the wrong way.

(6):

(a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward; as, the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth.

(7):

(adv.) In a wrong manner; not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously; wrongly.

(8):

(v. t.) To treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from; to do undeserved harm to; to deal unjustly with; to injure.

(9):

(a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose.

(10):

(a.) Nonconformity or disobedience to lawful authority, divine or human; deviation from duty; - the opposite of moral right.

(11):

(a.) Deviation or departure from truth or fact; state of falsity; error; as, to be in the wrong.

(12):

(a.) Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; usually, an act that involves evil consequences, as one which inflicts injury on a person; any injury done to, or received from; another; a trespass; a violation of right.

(13):

(a.) That which is not right.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wrong'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/wrong.html. 1828.
 
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