D defs.my
Entry 8 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Urge

/ûrj/ · IPA /ɝd͡ʒ/
01 v. t. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
imp. & p. p. Urged; p. pr. & vb. n. Urging
  1. 1.
    To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
    “Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight.” Pope.
  2. 2.
    To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
    “My brother never Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it.” Shak.
  3. 3.
    To provoke; to exasperate.[R.]
    Urge not my father's anger.” Shak.
  4. 4.
    To press hard upon; to follow closely
    “Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.” Pope.
  5. 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.
  6. 6.
    To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
02 v. i. To press onward or forward.
  1. 1.
    To press onward or forward.[R.]
  2. 2.
    To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.