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A verge is the edge, border or brink of something. (noun)

An example of being on the verge is the time right before scientists make a new discovery.

See verge in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the edge, brink, or margin (of something): also used figuratively: the verge of the forest, on the verge of hysteria
2. Brit. a grassy border, as along a road
1. an enclosing line or border; boundary, esp. of something more or less circular
2. the area so enclosed
the edge of the tiling that projects over a gable
the spindle of a balance wheel in a clock with an old-style vertical escapement
a rod or staff symbolic of an office, as that carried before a church official in processions
Eng. Feudal Law a rod held in the hand by a feudal tenant as he swore fealty to his lord

intransitive verb verged, verging

to be on or as if on the verge, edge, brink, or border: usually with on or upon: streets verging on the slum area, talk that verges on the ridiculous

intransitive verb verged, verging

to tend or incline (to or toward)
to be in the process of change or transition into something else; pass gradually (into): dawn verging into daylight

See verge in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(vûrj)

noun

The extreme edge or margin; a border. See Synonyms at border.
a. An enclosing boundary.
b. The space enclosed by such a boundary.
The point beyond which an action, state, or condition is likely to begin or occur; the brink: on the verge of tears; a nation on the verge of economic prosperity.
Architecture The edge of the tiling that projects over a roof gable.
Chiefly British The shoulder of a road.
A rod, wand, or staff carried as an emblem of authority or office.
Obsolete The rod held by a feudal tenant while swearing fealty to a lord.
The spindle of a balance wheel in a clock or watch, especially such a spindle in a clock with vertical escapement.
The male organ of copulation in certain invertebrates.

intransitive verb verged verged, verg·ing, verg·es

To approach the nature or condition of something specified; come close. Used with on: a brilliance verging on genius.
To be on the edge or border: Her land verges on the neighboring township.

(vûrj)

intransitive verb verged verged, verg·ing, verg·es

To slope or incline.
To tend to move in a particular direction: “the Neoclassicism … away from which they subsequently verged” (Hugh Honour).
To pass or merge gradually: dusk verging into night.

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