2. Adjective. Having a common boundary or border ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bordering
1. border [v] - See also: border
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bordering
Literary usage of Bordering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"... COUNTRIES bordering ON THE MEDITERRANEAN at the time of the FIRST CRUSADE,
... de Lion COUNTRIES bordering ON THE MEDITERRANEAN FOURTH CRUSADE FOURTH ..."
2. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral by Mary Wollstonecraft (1891)
"... WOMEN OBJECTS OF PITY, bordering ON CONTEMPT. THE opinions speciously supported,
in some modern publications on the female character and education, ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"On the plateau, directly in front of the position occupied by my brigade, and
about five hundred yards distant, the skirt of timber bordering on Deep Run, ..."
4. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Giles Henry Lodge (1873)
"Art of the Nations bordering on the Etruscans. THIS chapter contains a review of
the art of the nations bordering on the Etruscans, — which I here embrace ..."
5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, William Cowper (1838)
"... And many a lance, and many a glittering shield Within the foss, and on the
bordering plain, Through terror left, for respite none they found. ..."
6. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
"He handles his hero with affectionate jocularity bordering on farce; he imperils
John's dignity by laying bare his inmost half- thought thoughts—altogether ..."
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