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English
Etymology
From Latin invergo, from in- + vergō (“to incline, turn”).
Verb
inverge (third-person singular simple present inverges, present participle inverging, simple past and past participle inverged)
- (rare) To curve so as to extend into
1627, Speed, John, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland described and abridged (1627):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 inverged.
1627, Speed, John., The history of Great Britaine, ... 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 Thames
1735, Gregory, David, 1659-1708, Dr. Gregory's Elements of catoptrics and dioptrics, →OCLC:Teleſcopes made of two Convexes, becauſe of their inverging the Poſition of the Object, are ſeldom uſed, except in obſerving the Stars, the Poſition of which is not regarded.
1942 March, Stirring Science Stories:The inverging flood of black, glistening stuff gave him a warm feeling of comradeship with the others; he yielded and allowed himself to drift with them.