verb (used with object)
1.
to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
2.
to drive with incitement to speed or effort: to urge dogs on with shouts.
3.
to press, push, or hasten (the course, activities, etc.): to urge one's escape.
4.
to impel, constrain, or move to some action: urged by necessity.
5.
to endeavor to induce or persuade, as by entreaties; entreat or exhort earnestly: to urge a person to greater caution.
verb (used without object)
9.
to exert a driving or impelling force; give an impulse to haste or action: Hunger urges.
10.
to make entreaties or earnest recommendations.
11.
to press arguments or allegations, as against a person, action, or cause: The senator urged against the confirmation of the appointment.
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noun
12.
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
13.
an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse: the sex urge.
Origin:
1550–60; < Latin urgēre to press, force, drive, urge
1550–60; < Latin urgēre to press, force, drive, urge
Related forms
urg·ing·ly, adverb
o·ver·urge, verb, o·ver·urged, o·ver·urg·ing.
un·urged, adjective
un·urg·ing, adjective
Synonyms
4. incite, goad, stimulate, spur. 7. aver, asseverate.
4. incite, goad, stimulate, spur. 7. aver, asseverate.
Antonyms
1–3. deter. 4, 5. discourage.
1–3. deter. 4, 5. discourage.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to plead, press, or move (someone to do something): we urged him to surrender |
| 2. | (tr; may take a clause as object) to advocate or recommend earnestly and persistently; plead or insist on: to urge the need for safety |
| 3. | (tr) to impel, drive, or hasten onwards: he urged the horses on |
| 4. | archaic, literary or (tr) to stimulate, excite, or incite |
| —n | |
| 5. | a strong impulse, inner drive, or yearning |
| [C16: from Latin urgēre] | |
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Word Origin & History
urge
1560, from L. urgere "to press hard, push, drive, compel," from PIE base *werg- "to work" (cf. Avestan vareza "work, activity;" Gk. ergon "work," orgia "religious performances," organon "tool;" Armenian gorc "work;" Lith. verziu "tie, fasten, squeeze," vargas "need, distress;" O.C.S. vragu "enemy;" Goth.
waurkjan, O.E. wyrcan "work;" Goth. wrikan "persecute," O.E. wrecan "drive, hunt, pursue;" O.N. yrka "work, take effect"). The noun is first attested 1618, from the verb; in frequent use after c.1910.
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Example sentences
The urge to declare victory and get back to normal policy after an economic crisis is strong.
They take advantage of gamers' completion urge by prominently displaying progress bars that encourage leveling up.
Its purchase coincided with my developing a strong urge to fill in ancient gaps in my physics education.
When scientists knocked out the itch neurons, the mice no longer had the urge to scratch in response to known itchy stimulus.
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