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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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSEto 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.
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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, -urged, -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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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.
EXPANDwaurkjan, 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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