资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.