Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brink, threshold, verge(noun)

   a region marking a boundary

2. verge, brink(noun)

   the limit beyond which something happens or changes

   "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"

3. scepter, sceptre, verge, wand(noun)

   a ceremonial or emblematic staff

4. verge(verb)

   a grass border along a road

5. verge(verb)

   border on; come close to

   "His behavior verges on the criminal"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Verge(noun)

   a rod or staff, carried as an emblem of authority; as, the verge, carried before a dean

2. Verge(noun)

   the stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge

3. Verge(noun)

   the compass of the court of Marshalsea and the Palace court, within which the lord steward and the marshal of the king's household had special jurisdiction; -- so called from the verge, or staff, which the marshal bore

4. Verge(noun)

   a virgate; a yardland

5. Verge(noun)

   a border, limit, or boundary of a space; an edge, margin, or brink of something definite in extent

6. Verge(noun)

   a circumference; a circle; a ring

7. Verge(noun)

   the shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft

8. Verge(noun)

   the edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof

9. Verge(noun)

   the spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement

10. Verge(noun)

    the edge or outside of a bed or border

11. Verge(noun)

    a slip of grass adjoining gravel walks, and dividing them from the borders in a parterre

12. Verge(noun)

    the penis

13. Verge(noun)

    the external male organ of certain mollusks, worms, etc. See Illustration in Appendix

14. Verge(verb)

    to border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to approach

15. Verge(verb)

    to tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north

Origin: [L. vergere to bend, turn, incline; cf. Skr. vj to turn.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Verge

   verj, n. a slender green branch, a twig: a rod, staff, or mace, or anything like them, used as an emblem of authority: extent of jurisdiction (esp. of the lord-steward of the royal household): the brink, extreme edge: the horizon: a boundary, limit: scope, opportunity: in gardening, the grass edging of a bed or border.—ns. Ver′ger, one who carries a verge or emblem of authority: the beadle of a cathedral church: a pew-opener or attendant in church; Ver′gership; Vergette′ (her.), a pallet. [L. virga, a slender branch.]

2. Verge

   verj, v.i. to bend or incline: to tend downward: to slope: to tend: to border upon.—n. Ver′gency.—adj. Ver′gent. [L. vergĕre, to bend, incline; cf. valgus, wry.]

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of verge in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of verge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of verge in a Sentence

1. Rami Abdurrahman:

   Kobani is on the verge of being free of the Islamic State group.

2. John Kasich:

   We are on the verge of picking, perhaps, someone who cannot do this job.

3. Kitty Bradshaw:

   Broken people cannot identify when their children are on the verge of snapping.

4. Gustavo Petro:

   We are on the verge of not being able at any time to guarantee electoral transparency.

5. Pierre Trudeau:

   This is going to be a close election, we're on the verge of accomplishing something big.

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