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The correct spelling is verge.
How to pronounce verge
/vɜːd͡ʒ/
nounIPA: /vɜːd͡ʒ/
Say it like: Ver-je
The correct spelling is verge. A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. For example: "Eating blowfish verges on insanity."
Usage Examples
“Eating blowfish verges on insanity.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
- 2.An edge or border.
- 3.The phallus.
- 4.An old measure of land: a virgate or yardland.
- 5.A circumference; a circle; a ring.
verb
- 1.To be or come very close; to border; to approach.
- 2.To bend or incline; to tend downward; to slope.
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