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verge1

▶noun

1 an edge or border.
■ Brit. a grass edging by the side of a road or path.

■ Architecture an edge of tiles projecting over a gable.

2 an extreme limit beyond which something specified will happen: I was on the verge of tears.

▶verb (verge on) be very close or similar to: his attitude verges on racist.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. virga ‘rod’.

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verge2

▶noun a wand or rod carried before a bishop or dean as an emblem of office.

– origin ME: from L. virga ‘rod’.

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verge3

▶verb incline in a certain direction or towards a particular state.

– origin C17 (in the sense ‘descend to the horizon’): from L. vergere ‘to bend, incline’.

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