"urge" Definition

Definitions for the word "urge" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To provoke; to exasperate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To press hard upon; to follow closely
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To press onward or forward.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
(-ging) 1 (often foll. By on) drive forcibly; hasten. 2 encourage or entreat earnestly or persistently. 3 (often foll. By on, upon) advocate (an action or argument etc.) Emphatically (to a person). n. 1 urging impulse or tendency. 2 strong desire. [latin urgeo]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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