Category:Urge

Urge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Urged; p. pr. & vb. n. Urging.] Etym: [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.

Urge Urge, v. i.

1. To press onward or forward. [r.]

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