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verge  (verges plural & 3rd person present) (verging present participle) (verged past tense & past participle )
1 If you are on the verge of something, you are going to do it very soon or it is likely to happen or begin very soon. 
♦ on the verge of  prep-phrase  (=brink) 
The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful...  
2  n-count The verge of a road is a narrow piece of ground by the side of a road, which is usually covered with grass or flowers. 
 (mainly BRIT) 
in AM, usually use  shoulder  verge on  phrasal verb If someone or something verges on a particular state or quality, they are almost the same as that state or quality. 
...a fury that verged on madness...  V P n (not pron)