verge

  • 11verge — ► NOUN 1) an edge or border. 2) Brit. a grass edging by the side of a road or path. 3) an extreme limit beyond which something specified will happen: on the verge of tears. ► VERB (verge on) ▪ be very close or similar to. ORIGIN Old French, from… …

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  • 12verge on — ˈverge on [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they verge on he/she/it verges on present participle verging on past tense verged on past par …

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  • 13Verge — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To tend downward; to bend; to slope;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14verge — [n] extremity, limit border, borderline, boundary, brim, brink, edge, extreme, fringe, hem, lip, margin, point, rim, selvage, skirt, terminus, threshold; concept 484 Ant. middle verge [v] come near abut, adjoin, approach, be on the edge*, border …

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  • 15Verge — Verge, spanisches Längenmaß = 17 Pariser Zoll …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 16Verge — (wersch), frz., vom lat. virga, die Meßruthe; altfranz. Maß = 1/2 par. Elle …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 17verge — index border, border (approach), boundary, dispose (incline), edge (border), extremity ( …

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  • 18verge on — index abut, approach, connect (join together) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 19Verge d'or — ● Verge d or nom usuel d une espèce de solidago …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 20vergê — adj. 2 g. Diz se do papel estriado ou com vergadura …

    Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

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