Definitions
border on; come close to
Word origin
Borrowed from Latin vergō (“to bend, turn, tend toward, incline”), from Proto-Indo-European *werg- (“to turn”), from a root *wer- (“to turn, bend”) (compare versus); strongly influenced by the above noun.
Used in a sentence
“Even though we go to the extreme verge of possibility to invent a supposition favourable to it, the theory[…]implies an absurdity.”
“But on the horizon's verge descried, Hangs, touched with light, one snowy sail.”
“The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Brink”5 letters
02“Edge”5 letters
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