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urge
[urj]
,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 urgēre to press, force, drive, urge
1550–60; < L urgēre to press, force, drive, urge

Related forms:
urg⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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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Urge
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.Urge
Urge\, v. i. 1. To press onward or forward. [R.] 2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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Language Translation for : urge
Spanish:
exhortar, incitar,
German:
drängen,
Japanese:
しきりに促す
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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