† invergev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To border.
a. To furnish with a verge or border.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > form the edge of [verb (transitive)] > provide with an edge
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1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. viii. iii. 392/1 To expiate the sinnes of his father..hee inuerged the same with a deepe ditch, and offered vp his Crowne vpon the Martyrs Tombe.
b. To form a border to.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > form the edge of [verb (transitive)]
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1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xix. 37/2 The Diuels Ditch..made for a defense..against the Mercians, by the East-Angles, whose Kingdome it inuerged.
1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. ii. iii. 111/2 This Trench doth likewise inuerge her West side so farre as the River.
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