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IELTS BNC: 6843 COCA: 6637

verge

1 of 3

noun

1
a
: brink, threshold
a country on the verge of destruction Archibald MacLeish
b
: something that borders, limits, or bounds: such as
(1)
: an outer margin of an object or structural part
(2)
: the edge of roof covering (such as tiling) projecting over the gable of a roof
(3)
British : a paved or planted strip of land at the edge of a road : shoulder
2
a(1)
: a rod or staff carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office
(2)
obsolete : a stick or wand held by a person being admitted to tenancy while he swears fealty
b
: the spindle of a watch balance
especially : a spindle with pallets in an old vertical escapement
c
: the male copulatory organ of any of various invertebrates

verge

2 of 3

verb (1)

verged; verging

intransitive verb

1
: to be contiguous
2
: to be on the verge or border
the line where sentiment verges on mawkishness Thomas Hardy

verge

3 of 3

verb (2)

verged; verging

intransitive verb

1
a
of the sun : to move or tend toward the horizon : sink
b
: to move or extend in some direction or toward some condition
verging to a hasty decline Edward Gibbon
2
: to be in transition or change

Example Sentences

Noun the suspect was on the verge of confessing when the officers realized that he hadn't been read his rights the southern verge of the national park

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, "rod, measuring rod, margin," borrowed from Anglo-French, "rod, area of jurisdiction," going back to Latin virga "shoot, twig, rod, line,"; perhaps, if going back to *wiz-g-, akin to Old Norse visk "wisp" — more at whisk entry 1

Verb (1)

verbal derivative of verge entry 1

Verb (2)

borrowed from Latin vergere "to move downward, slope downward, sink," going back to Indo-European *h2u̯erg- "turn around, turn (to)," whence also, with varying ablaut and suffixation, Greek eérgō, eérgein (Attic eírgein) "to shut in, keep away, hinder" (conflated with outcomes of *u̯erǵ- "shut in"), Sanskrit (Vedic) vṛṇákti "(s/he) turns," and, as a nominal derivative, Hittite ḫurki- "wheel"

Note: This is the etymological solution preferred by Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben, 2. Auflage, 2001, and M. de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages (Brill, 2008). The laryngeal *h2 is required by the Hittite noun, though the Greek verb then must be explained as the result of vowel assimilation (*au̯erg- to *eu̯erg-). See also wrench entry 1.

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a(1)

Verb (1)

1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1610, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of verge was in the 15th century

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