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urge 1, verb(dictionary)
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urge verb & noun. M16.
[Latin urgere press, drive, compel.]
A. verb.
I.
verb trans. Present or state earnestly or insistently in argument, justification, or defence. (Foll. by on, upon, etc., a person.) M16.
G. Steiner Let me urge the point...The implied differentiation is of the essence.
verb trans. Advocate or recommend (a course of action, that, etc.) eagerly or insistently. L16.
R. Gittings The doctor urged that his brother should be sent for. Times Educational Supplement The tape message will explain safe practice rather than urge abstinence.
II.
verb trans. Entreat earnestly or persistently (to do); incite or impel strongly. Also foll. by on. M16.
D. Jacobson I urged Amnon to commit the crime.
b. Charge or accuse strongly. Usu. foll. by with. L16-E18.
verb trans. Put (esp. excessive) pressure on; strain. arch. L16.
Sir W. Scott Do not urge my patience with mockery.
III.
verb trans. Force to advance or accelerate; press, push; drive forcibly in a particular direction; force or press (one's way etc.). Freq. foll. by forward, on, towards, up, etc. M16.
Scott Fitzgerald The fresh flow from one end urged its way towards the drain. G. Greene He urged Mrs Wilcox towards the door with a friendly..hand. J. M. Coetzee Though I urge it on, my horse is too weak to raise more than a shambling trot. R. K. Narayan He urged and bullied the goats.
verb trans. Provoke, excite; intensify. Now rare. L16.
b. Anger; annoy. Now dial. L16.
verb trans. Use or work vigorously. poet. L17.
Shelley Urge The strokes of the inexorable scourge.
IV.
verb intrans. Plead or entreat earnestly (for). Now rare. L16.
Goldsmith The tribunes..began..to urge for the removal.
verb intrans. Press or push forward; hasten along, on, etc. Now rare. E17.
verb intrans. Act as an incentive or stimulus (to do). Long rare exc. poet. M17.
Pope The combat urges, and my soul's on fire.
b. noun. The action of urging a person or thing; the fact of being urged; an eager desire or strong impulse (to do). E17.
G. Orwell The urge to shout filthy words..was..strong. I. Murdoch A young composer..is psycholanalysed and then finds that his creative urge is gone.