Verging

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

  Verge \Verge\ (v[~e]rj), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Verged}
     (v[~e]rjd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Verging} (v[~e]r"j[i^]ng).] [L.
     vergere to bend, turn, incline; cf. Skr. v[.r]j to turn.]
     1. To border upon; to tend; to incline; to come near; to
        approach.
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     2. To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to
        the north.
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              Our soul, from original instinct, vergeth towards
              him as its center.                    --Barrow.
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              I find myself verging to that period of life which
              is to be labor and sorrow.            --Swift.
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