urge

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A strong desire to do something.

   • After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle.
   • sexual urges
   • repress your urges
2. 2

   To press

   To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

   • Lo hapless Tydeus, whose ill-fated hand / Had slain his brother, leaves his native land, / And seized with horror in the shades of night, / Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight[…]
   • No longer do we tack and tack obediently to the demand of the Valkyries. A new power urges our ships independently of wind and tide. With the growth of steam power the crowning glory of the old ship departed.
   • "The initial results in California speak for themselves. We will continue to investigate and the USDOT urges all states to revoke illegally issued CDLs. This initiative ensures our roads are safer for American families."
3. 3

   To put mental pressure on

   To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

   • My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise.
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   1. 4

      To provoke

      To provoke; to exasperate.

      • Vrge not my fathers anger (Eglamoure) / But thinke vpon my griefe (a Ladies griefe) / And on the iuſtice of my flying hence, / To keepe me from a moſt vnholy match, / Which heauen and fortune ſtill rewards with plagues.
   2. 5

      To press hard upon

      To press hard upon; to follow closely.

      • Man ? and for ever ? wretch ! what wouldst thou have ? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
   3. 6

      To present in an urgent manner

      To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.

      • to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case
   4. 7

      To treat with forcible means

      To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.

      • to urge an ore with intense heat
   5. 8

      To press onward or forward.

   6. 9

      To be pressing in argument

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

The neighborhood

• neighborurgent
• neighborsurge