verge

/ˈvərj/

Middle English, "rod, measuring rod, margin," borrowed from Anglo-French, "rod, area of jurisdiction," going back to Latin virga "shoot, twig, rod, line,"; perhaps, if going back to *wiz-g-, akin to Old Norse visk "wisp"

noun

  1. brink, threshold

  2. something that borders, limits, or bounds: such as

  3. an outer margin of an object or structural part

a country on the verge of destruction

verb

  1. to be contiguous

  2. to be on the verge or border

verb

  1. to move or tend toward the horizon : sink

  2. to move or extend in some direction or toward some condition

  3. to be in transition or change

verging to a hasty decline