verging
Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]
2.To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north. [1913 Webster]
Our soul, from original instinct, vergeth towards him as its center.— Barrow.[1913 Webster]
I find myself verging to that period of life which is to be labor and sorrow.— Swift.[1913 Webster]