Lexic.us

Definition of Border on

1. Verb. Come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character. "His playing approaches that of Horowitz"

Definition of Border on

1. Verb. (intransitive) To be almost like some other thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Border On

Literary usage of Border on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"empires, and regularly ordering his whole creation*. BUT after all, it is with great parts, as with great virtues, they naturally border on fome * This ..."

2. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"Now the Getae and their neighbours border on the Scythians, and are equipped like them, for they are all horse-archers. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"The countries which border on Austria- Hungary are: Italy, Switzerland, the principality of Liechtenstein, Bavaria, Saxony, Prussia, Russia, Rumania, ..."

4. Book Auction Records by Frank Karslake (1905)
"... brown mor., gt. border on sides within a two-line fillet, circular centre ornament with an outstretched arm and spray of leaves, and motto "Si fractus ..."

5. A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists by John William Bradley (1887)
"72, border on gold ground, surrounding text with initial D. Fol. 73, another similar, with initial C, in which is a naked Christ ..."

6. The Modern Reader's Bible: The Books of the Bible with Three Books of the by Richard Green Moulton (1907)
"5 And they shall divide it into seven portions: Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the ..."

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