urged
Use Urged in a sentence
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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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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 agency urged prompt action at the federal level to limit the number of invasive pythons released into the wild.
Candidates are urged to review this information before preparing and submitting materials.
Urged on by far too many policy intellectuals, they have reverted to conventional modes of thought.
He urged that such programs be expanded and further developed.
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