[syn: cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]