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Border, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bordered (); p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering.]
    1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

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    2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.

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    Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. Abp. Tillotson.

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bordered adj. having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, “black-bordered handkerchief”.  Antonym of unbordered. [Narrower terms: boxed; deckled, deckle-edged, featheredged; lined; seagirt, sea-girt] Also See: finite.

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