Hypertext Webster Gateway: "verging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Verge \Verge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Verged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Verging}.] [L. vergere to bend, turn, incline; cf. Skr. v?j
to turn.]
1. To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to
approach.
2. To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to
the north.
Our soul, from original instinct, vergeth towards
him as its center. --Barrow.
I find myself verging to that period of life which
is to be labor and sorrow. --Swift.
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