Tra từ verge - Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

I. verge¹ (vûrj)n.
1. The extreme edge or margin; a border. See Synonyms at border.
2.
a. An enclosing boundary.
b. The space enclosed by such a boundary.
3. The point beyond which an action, state, or condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink:
on the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.
4. Architecture. The edge of the tiling that projects over a roof gable.
5. Chiefly British. The shoulder of a road.
6. A rod, wand, or staff carried as an emblem of authority or office.
7. Obsolete. The rod held by a feudal tenant while swearing fealty to a lord.
8. The spindle of a balance wheel in a clock or watch, especially such a spindle in a clock with vertical escapement.
9. The male organ of copulation in certain invertebrates.intr.v. verged, verg·ing, verg·es
1. To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used with on:
a brilliance verging on genius.
2. To be on the edge or border:
Her land verges on the neighboring township. [Middle English, from Old French, rod, ring, from Latin virga, rod, strip.] II. verge² (vûrj)intr.v. verged, verg·ing, verg·es
1. To slope or incline.
2. To tend to move in a particular direction: “the Neoclassicism... away from which they subsequently verged” (Hugh Honour).
3. To pass or merge gradually:
dusk verging into night. [Latin vergere. See wer-² in Indo-European Roots.]