URGE
WordNet
noun
(1) A strong restless desire
"Why this urge to travel?"
(2) An instinctive motive
"Profound religious impulses"
verb
(3) Force or impel in an indicated direction
"I urged him to finish his studies"
(4) Urge on or encourage especially by shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
(5) Push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- To provoke; to exasperate.
- To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- : To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
- To press onward or forward.
- To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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