BORDER (2)

Bor″der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bordered (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering.] 1. 1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; — with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.
2. 2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.
Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. Abp. Tillotson.