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verbvergedverg·ing
Definition of VERGE
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
Origin of VERGE
Latin vergere to bend, incline — more at wrench
First Known Use: 1610
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