Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - verge
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1. n. 1 an edge or border. 2 an extreme limit beyond which something happens (on the verge of tears). 3 Brit. a grass edging of a road, flower-bed, etc. 4 Archit. an edge of tiles projecting over a gable. 5 a wand or rod carried before a bishop, dean, etc., as an emblem of office. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L virga rod 2. v.intr. 1 incline downwards or in a specified direction (the now verging sun; verge to a close). 2 (foll. by on) border on; approach closely (verging on the ridiculous). Etymology: L vergere bend, incline
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, rod, measuring rod, margin, from Anglo-French, rod, area of jurisdiction, from Latin virga twig, rod, line Date: 15th century 1. a. a rod or staff carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office, a stick or wand held by a person being admitted to tenancy while he swears fealty, the spindle of a watch balance, the male copulatory organ of any of various invertebrates, 2. something that borders, limits, or bounds: as, an outer margin of an object or structural part, the edge of roof covering (as tiling) projecting over the gable of a roof, a paved or planted strip of land at the edge of a road ; shoulder, brink, threshold , II. intransitive verb (~d; verging) Date: 1787 to be contiguous, to be on the ~ or border , III. intransitive verb (~d; verging) see: wrench Date: 1610 1. to move or tend toward the horizon ; sink, to move or extend in some direction or toward some condition , to be in transition or change ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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