urge

[[t]ɜrdʒ[/t]]

v. urged, urg•ing, n.

1) to push or force along; impel with force or vigor

2) to drive with incitement to speed or effort:

to urge dogs on with shouts[/ex]

3) to press, push, or hasten (the course, activities, etc.):

to urge one's escape[/ex]

4) to impel or move to some action:

urged by necessity[/ex]

5) to endeavor to induce or persuade, as by entreaties; exhort:

to urge a person to greater caution[/ex]

6) to press (something) upon the attention:

to urge a claim[/ex]

7) to insist on or assert with earnestness:

to urge the need of haste[/ex]

8) to recommend earnestly:

to urge a plan of action[/ex]

9) to exert a driving or impelling force; give an impulse to haste or action

10) to make entreaties or earnest recommendations

11) to press arguments or allegations, as against a person

12) an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse

13) an involuntary or instinctive impulse:

the sex urge[/ex]

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Etymology: 1550–60; < L urgēre to press, drive, urge urg′er, n.