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noun | verb vergeverge1 /vɚdʒ/ ●○○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYverge1Origin: 1300-1400 Old French long pole, from Latin virga; from within the verge within the area controlled by someone who carried a pole as a sign of authority be on the verge of (doing) something to be about to do something: I was on the verge of giving up. She looked like she was on the verge of tears. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French long pole, from Latin virga; from within the verge within the area controlled by someone who carried a pole as a sign of authority] noun | verb vergeverge2 verb VERB TABLEverge |
| Present | I, you, we, they | verge | | he, she, it | verges | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | verged | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have verged | | he, she, it | has verged | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had verged | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will verge | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have verged |
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| Present | I | am verging | | he, she, it | is verging | | you, we, they | are verging | | Past | I, he, she, it | was verging | | you, we, they | were verging | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been verging | | he, she, it | has been verging | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been verging | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be verging | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been verging |
► verge on the impossible/ridiculous etc. Sometimes his beliefs verge on the fanatical. verge on something phrasal verb to be very close to an extreme or harmful state or condition: His attitude verged on defiance.verge on the impossible/ridiculous etc. Sometimes his beliefs verge on the fanatical. |