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urge    Audio Help   [urj] Pronunciation Key, 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]

urg·ing·ly, adverb

4. incite, goad, stimulate, spur. 7. aver, asseverate.
1–3. deter. 4, 5. discourage.
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urge    Audio Help   (ûrj)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   urged, urg·ing, urg·es

v.   tr.
  1. To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
  2. To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
  3. To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for: urge passage of the bill; a speech urging moderation.
  4. To stimulate; excite: "It urged him to an intensity like madness" (D.H. Lawrence).
  5. To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.

v.   intr.
  1. To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.
  2. To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.

n.  
  1. The act of urging.
    1. An impulse that prompts action or effort: suppressed an urge to laugh.
    2. 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.

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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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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
urge1 [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
urge2 [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

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

Urge\, v. i. 1. To press onward or forward. [R.]

2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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Urge

Ur"gent\, a. [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See Urge.] Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. "The urgent hour." --Shak.

Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. --Hooker.

The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. --Ex. xii. 33.
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Urge

Wreak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wreaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Wreaking.] [OE. wrek?? to revenge, punish, drive out, AS. wrecan; akin to OFries. wreka, OS. wrekan to punish, D. wreken to avenge, G. r["a]chen, OHG. rehhan, Icel. reka to drive, to take vengeance, Goth. wrikan to persecute, Lith. vargas distress, vargti to suffer distress, L. urgere to drive, urge, Gr. ? to shut, Skr. ? to turn away. Cf. Urge, Wreck, Wretch.]

1. To revenge; to avenge. [Archaic]

He should wreake him on his foes. --Chaucer.

Another's wrongs to wreak upon thyself. --Spenser.

Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain. --Fairfax.

2. To execute in vengeance or passion; to inflict; to hurl or drive; as, to wreak vengeance on an enemy.

On me let Death wreak all his rage. --Milton.

Now was the time to be avenged on his old enemy, to wreak a grudge of seventeen years. --Macaulay.

But gather all thy powers, And wreak them on the verse that thou dost weave. --Bryant.
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