convergev.
/kənˈvəːdʒ/, U.S. /kənˈvərdʒ/ 1.
a. intransitive. ‘To tend to one point from different places’ (Johnson); to tend to meet in a point; to approach nearer together, as lines do, which meet if produced far enough. The opposite of diverge.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > converge [verb (intransitive)]
close1551
concur1570
collineatea1631
concentrate1640
converge1691
corradiate1800
approximate1835
concentre1853
navel1855
radiate1866
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > towards each other, converge
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converge1691
collide1877
1691 W. Petty Treat. Naval Philos. in T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 124 The sides of the Ship converge into an Angle.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Converging Rays coming converging out of a rarer into a denser Medium, converge less..than if they had continued their Motion thro' the first.
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia iv. 28 To the south-west..the mountains converge into a single ridge.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) VI. 144 Forces from these four points were to converge on London.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 145 In the catchment-basin all the branches converge to the main stream; in the delta they all diverge from the trunk channel.
b. figurative. To tend to meet in a common result or point of operation.
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1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vi. 522 Every circumstance converges to the same effect on the mind.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer III. 341 We find much and varied evidence converging to support the hypothesis.
c. Mathematics. To approximate in the sum of its terms toward a definite limit: see converging adj. 2.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > numerical arrangement > converge [verb (intransitive)]
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1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. (new ed.) II. 436 The first series is called a converging one, because that by collecting its terms successively, taking in always one term more, the successive terms approximate or converge to the value or sum of the whole infinite series.
1887 H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight Higher Algebra §226 (note) This series converges very rapidly.
2. transitive. To cause (lines or rays) to approach each other; to cause to come together.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > converge with [verb (transitive)] > cause to converge
convergea1774
concentricate1787
focalize1804
concentrate1831
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards or approach (a thing, place, or person) [verb (transitive)] > bring near > cause to approach each other
converge1854
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 98 The object glass..and the eye glass..one to converge the rays collected by the other.
?1790 J. Imison School of Arts (ed. 2) 243 By converging the sun-beams into a narrow compass.
1854 T. De Quincey Eng. Mail Coach in Select. Grave & Gay IV. 306 A central rendezvous for converging them.
1863 Possibilities of Creation 102 Power of converging the optic axes.
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