Hypertext Webster Gateway: "urge"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

urge
n 1: an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" [syn: {impulse}]
2: a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" [syn: {itch}]
v 1: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to
finish his studies" [syn: {urge on}, {press}, {exhort}]
2: push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly
that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: {recommend},
{advocate}]
3: urge on or encourage esp. by shouts; "The crowd cheered the
demonstrating strikers" [syn: {cheer}, {inspire}, {barrack},
{urge on}, {exhort}, {pep up}]


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