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Audio Help / ɜrdʒ / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ urj ] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation , verb, urged, urg·ing, noun –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.
6. to press (something) upon the attention: to urge a claim.
7. to insist on, allege, or assert with earnestness: to urge the need of haste.
8. to press by persuasion or recommendation, as for acceptance, performance, or use; recommend or advocate earnestly: to urge a plan of action.
–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.
–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; < L
urgére to press, force, drive, urge
]
—Related forms urg·ing·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 4 . incite, goad, stimulate, spur. 7 . aver, asseverate.
—Antonyms 1–3 . deter. 4, 5 . discourage.
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v.
urged , urg·ing , urg·es
v.
tr.
To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for: urge passage of the bill; a speech urging moderation.
To stimulate; excite: "It urged him to an intensity like madness" (D.H. Lawrence).
To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.
v.
intr.
To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.
To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.
n.
The act of urging.
An impulse that prompts action or effort: suppressed an urge to laugh.
An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct: "There is a human urge to clarify, rationalize, justify" (Leonard Bernstein).
[Latin urgēre .]
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urge (v.)
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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urge noun 1. an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" 2. a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" verb 1. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" 2. push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: recommend ] 3. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer ]
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urge 1 [əːdʒ] verb
to try to persuade or request earnestly (someone to do something)
Example:
He urged her to drive carefully; `Come with me,' he urged.
Arabic: يَحُث
Chinese (Simplified): 强烈要求
Chinese (Traditional): 強烈要求
Czech: nabádat
Danish: tilskynde
Dutch: aansporen
Estonian: tungivalt soovitama
Finnish: suostutella
French: exhorter
German: drängen
Greek: πιέζω, παροτρύνω, παρακινώ
Hungarian: komolyan kér
Icelandic: hvetja
Italian: esortare
Japanese: しきりに促す
Latvian: piekodināt; uzstājīgi lūgt
Lithuanian: raginti
Norwegian: be innstendig, presse på, anmode
Polish: nalegać
Portuguese (Portugal): pedir
Russian: настоятельно просить
Slovak: naliehať
Slovenian: nagovarjati
Spanish: exhortar, incitar
Swedish: anmoda, enträget be
Turkish: ısrar etmek, zorlamak
urge 2 [əːdʒ] verb
to try to convince a person of (eg the importance of, or necessity for, some action)
Example:
He urged (on them) the necessity for speed.
Arabic: يُقْنِع، يَدْفَع
Chinese (Simplified): 强调,极力主张
Chinese (Traditional): 強調,極力主張
Czech: přesvědčovat
Danish: overbevise
Dutch: trachten te overtuigen
Estonian: rõhutama
Finnish: tähdentää
French: pousser (à)
German: Nachdruck legen auf
Greek: συνιστώ επίμονα, προσπαθώ να πείσω για κτ.
Hungarian: hangsúlyozza vminek a fontosságát
Icelandic: brÿna fyrir e-m
Italian: spingere
Japanese: 主張する
Latvian: uzstāt; pieprasīt
Lithuanian: įtikinėti
Norwegian: be inntrengende, *innstendig
Polish: usilnie namawiać do
Portuguese (Portugal): convencer
Russian: настоятельно убеждать
Slovak: presviedčať
Slovenian: poudarjati
Spanish: insistir
Swedish: framhålla, betona
Turkish: ısrarla anlatmak, önemini belirtmek
urge [əːdʒ] noun
a strong impulse or desire
Example:
I felt an urge to hit him.
Arabic: دافِع، حافِز
Chinese (Simplified): 强烈欲望
Chinese (Traditional): 強烈慾望
Czech: nutkání
Danish: trang
Dutch: drang
Estonian: tung
Finnish: halu
French: forte envie (de)
German: der Drang
Greek: παρόρμηση, έντονη επιθυμία
Hungarian: (belső) ösztönzés; késztetés
Icelandic: löngun, hvöt
Italian: spinta, (forte desiderio)
Japanese: 衝動
Latvian: (spēcīga) vēlēšanās
Lithuanian: knietimas
Norwegian: trang, drift, lyst
Polish: impuls
Portuguese (Portugal): desejo
Russian: страстное желание
Slovak: túžba, nutkanie
Slovenian: močna želja
Spanish: impulso, deseo
Swedish: stark längtan, begär, drift
Turkish: büyük istek
See also: urge on
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Urge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Urged ; p. pr. & vb. n.
Urging .] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See
Wreak , v. t.]
1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight. --Pope.
2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
My brother never Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it. --Shak.
3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.]
Urge not my father's anger. --Shak.
4. To press hard upon; to follow closely
Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. --Pope.
5. To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
Syn: To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage.
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Urge\, v. i. 1. To press onward or forward. [R.]
2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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