[verge] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L virga rod, stripe] (15c) 1 a (1): a rod or staff carried as an emblem of authority or symbol of office (2) obs: a stick or wand held by a person being admitted to tenancy while he swears fealty b: the spindle of a watch balance; esp: a spindle with pallets in an old vertical escapement c: the male intromittent organ of any of various invertebrates
2. a: something that borders, limits, or bounds: as (1): an outer margin of an object or structural part (2): the edge of roof covering (as tiling) projecting over the gable of a roof (3) Brit: a paved or planted strip of land at the edge of a road: shoulder b: brink, threshold "a country on the ~ of destruction --Archibald MacLeish"
[2]verge vi verged ; verg.ing (1787) 1: to be contiguous
2: to be on the verge or border [3]verge vi verged ; verg.ing [L vergere to bend, incline--more at wrench] (1610) 1 a of the sun: to incline toward the horizon: sink b: to move or extend in some direction or toward some condition
2: to be in transition or change