urge
    n 1: an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" [syn:
         urge, impulse]
    2: a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" [syn:
       urge, itch]
    v 1: force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to
         finish his studies" [syn: urge, urge on, press,
         exhort]
    2: push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly
       that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: recommend,
       urge, advocate]
    3: spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The
       crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" [syn: cheer,
       root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort,
       pep up]

Urge \Urge\, v. i.
   1. To press onward or forward. [R.]
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   2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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Urge \Urge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Urged; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Urging.] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See Wreak, v. t.]
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   1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
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            Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives,
      arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
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            My brother never
            Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it. --Shak.
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   3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.]
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            Urge not my father's anger.           --Shak.
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   4. To press hard upon; to follow closely
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            Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. --Pope.
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   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.
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   6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent
      measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
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   Syn: To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate;
        encourage.
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