verge

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  1. noun The extreme edge or margin; a border. See Synonyms at border.
  2. noun An enclosing boundary.
  3. noun The space enclosed by such a boundary.
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  • They were on the verge, here, of fulfilling Edward's dream, of making history, and Kan was concerned about the engine being too noisy? —  F ;SF - vol 096 issue 06 - June 1999
  • Several vehicles were abandoned in disarray along the grassy verge, their erstwhile drivers crowding the edge of the road. —  SexyBeastII
  • She lay on her back on the verge, her head dangling over the grass-grown ditch and her thin body limp and shapeless. —  Dancers in Mourning - Margery Allingham - Campion 09 -1937
  • We are on the verge, therefore of seeing the return of the freak show. —  Cobb
  • 'R U Professional (4 Xtian)' is 3 minutes of pure synth pop sympathy for the Hollywood star on the verge, as Brad from the band explains: —  Entertainment - Female First
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brink ·  midst ·  throes ·  extremity ·  edge ·  confine ·  expanse ·  spite ·  rim ·  eve ·  consequence ·  begin

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verge:   verged
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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, rod, ring, from Latin virga, rod, strip.
  2. Latin vergere; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also virge: from French verge = Spanish Portuguese Italian verga, a rod, wand, mace, ring, hoop, rood of land, from Latin virga, a slender branch, a twig, rod. From the L. virga are also ult. English verger, virgate, virgate, etc.
  2. from verge, n.
  3. from Latin vergere, bend, turn, incline, allied to valgus, bent, wry, Sanskrit vrijana, crooked, √ varj, turn, turn aside; cf. urge and wrick. From the same Latin verb are ult. English converge, diverge, with their derivatives convergent, divergent, etc.
 

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