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urge (ûrj)

[Latin urgēre.]

verb: urged, urg·ing, urg·es. 

transitive verb 

  1. To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
  2. To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
  3. To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for: urge passage of the bill; a speech urging moderation.
  4. To stimulate; excite: “It urged him to an intensity like madness” (D.H. Lawrence)
  5. To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.

intransitive verb 

  1. To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.
  2. To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.

noun 

  1. The act of urging.
    1. An impulse that prompts action or effort: suppressed an urge to laugh.
    2. An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct: “There is a human urge to clarify, rationalize, justify” (Leonard Bernstein)