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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 1.6 [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 [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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