inverge

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)

1. (rare) To curve so as to extend into
   • 1627, Speed, John, England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland described and abridged (1627)‎^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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^[3], →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^[4]:

     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.