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inverge

inverge verb: to curve so as to extend into.

Verb

inverge (third-person singular simple present inverges, present participle inverging, simple past and past participle inverged)

  1. (rare) To curve so as to extend into
    • And from Reach a Market-Towne ſtanding neere to the River Came, a great Ditch and Trench is caſt all along New-market-Heath, which for the wonder received thereat, is of the vulgar called The Devils Ditch being in truth made for a defence againſt the Mercians by the East-Angles whoſe Kingdom it...1627, Speed, John, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland described and abridged (1627)
    • The Kingdome of the South-Saxons, containing the countries of Suſſex and Surrey, had on the Eaſt ſide Kent, on the South, the Sea and Ile of Wight; upon the Weſt, Hart-ſhiere, and the North ſide inverged with the river Thames1627, Speed, John., The history of Great Britaine, ... 1627

Forms of inverge

third-person singular presentinverges
present participleinverging
past participleinverged
pastinverged

Origin of inverge

From Latin invergo, from in- + vergō (“to incline, turn”).

Questions about inverge

What does inverge mean?
Inverge means to curve so as to extend into.
What part of speech is inverge?
Inverge is a verb.
What is the past tense of inverge?
The past tense of inverge is inverged.

Words near inverge in the dictionary

  1. Inverclyde
  2. inverecund
  3. Inverell
  4. Inveresk
  5. Invergarry
  6. inverge
  7. inverged
  8. inverges
  9. inverging
  10. Invergordon
  11. Invergowrie

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