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Urge
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Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Synonyms: animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To press onward or forward. [R.]
2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.