verge to
verb (used without object), verged, verg·ing.
1.
to incline; tend (usually followed by to or toward ): The economy verges toward inflation.
2.
to slope or sink.
Origin:
1600–10; < Latin vergere to turn, bend, be inclined
1600–10; < Latin vergere to turn, bend, be inclined
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verge1 (vɜːdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an edge or rim; margin |
| 2. | a limit beyond which something occurs; brink: on the verge of ecstasy |
| 3. | (Brit) a grass border along a road |
| 4. | an enclosing line, belt, or strip |
| 5. | architect the edge of the roof tiles projecting over a gable |
| 6. | architect the shaft of a classical column |
| 7. | an enclosed space |
| 8. | horology the spindle of a balance wheel in a vertical escapement, found only in very early clocks |
| 9. | English legal history |
| a. the area encompassing the royal court that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Lord High Steward | |
| b. a rod or wand carried as a symbol of office or emblem of authority, as in the Church | |
| c. a rod held by a person swearing fealty to his lord on becoming a tenant, esp of copyhold land | |
| —vb (foll by on) (when intr, | |
| 10. | to be near (to): to verge on chaos |
| 11. | to serve as the edge of (something): this narrow strip verges the road |
| [C15: from Old French, from Latin virga rod] | |
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| verge2 (vɜːdʒ) | |
| —vb | |
| (intr; | |
| [C17: from Latin vergere] | |
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Word Origin & History
verge
"edge, rim," 1459, from M.Fr. verge "rod or wand of office," hence "scope, territory dominated," from L. virga "shoot, rod stick," of unknown origin. Earliest attested sense in Eng. is now-obsolete meaning "male member, penis" (c.1400). Modern sense is from the notion of within the verge (1509, also
as Anglo-Fr. dedeinz la verge), i.e. "subject to the Lord High Steward's authority" (as symbolized by the rod of office), originally a 12-mile radius round the king's court. Sense shifted to "the outermost edge of an expanse or area." Meaning "point at which something happens" (as in on the verge of) is first attested 1602. "A very curious sense development." [Weekley]
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verge (vûrj)
n.
The extreme edge or margin; a border.
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