From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Border \Bor"der\, 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To approach; to come near to; to verge. [1913 Webster] Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. --Abp. Tillotson. [1913 Webster]