Converge

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Converge \Con*verge"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Converged}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Converging}.] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn,
     incline; cf. F. converger. See {Verge}, v. i.]
     To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer
     together; as, lines converge.
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           The mountains converge into a single ridge.
                                                    --Jefferson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Converge \Con*verge"\, v. t.
     To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and
     approach nearer together.
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           I converge its rays to a focus of dazzling brilliancy.
                                                    --Tyndall.
     [1913 Webster] Convergence

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  converge
       v 1: be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this
            point" [syn: {meet}] [ant: {diverge}, {diverge}]
       2: approach a limit as the number of terms increases without
          limit [ant: {diverge}]
       3: move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd
          converged on the movie star" [ant: {diverge}]
       4: come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces
          converged to bring the Fascists back to power"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "converge":
     adhere, approach, assemble, blend, bring into focus, bunch,
     bunch up, center, centralize, clinch, close, close in, close up,
     close with, clot, cluster, cohere, coincide, collect, come near,
     come together, communicate, concenter, concentralize, concentrate,
     congregate, connect, copulate, couple, crowd, date, draw near,
     draw nigh, embrace, fall in with, flock together, flow together,
     focalize, focus, forgather, funnel, fuse, gang around, gang up,
     gather, gather around, go together, grow together, hang together,
     herd together, hive, hold together, horde, huddle,
     intercommunicate, intersect, join, knit, league, link, mass, meet,
     merge, mill, muster, narrow the gap, near, nigh, nip, pinch, rally,
     rally around, rendezvous, run together, seethe, stream, surge,
     swarm, taper, throng, unite