Urge
['ɜːdʒ] or [ɝdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a strong restless desire; 'why this urge to travel?'.
(noun.) an instinctive motive; 'profound religious impulses'.
(verb.) force or impel in an indicated direction; 'I urged him to finish his studies'.
Edited by Diana--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
(v. t.) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
(v. t.) To provoke; to exasperate.
(v. t.) To press hard upon; to follow closely
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
(v. i.) To press onward or forward.
(v. i.) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Checked by Debbie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Push, press, impel, drive, force onward, push on, press on.[2]. Solicit, importune, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, conjure.[3]. Incite, animate, encourage, instigate, stimulate, goad, spur.
Typist: Stephanie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Press, push, drive, impel, propel, force, importune, solicit, animate, incite,instigate, stimulate, {[halten]?}, expedite, accelerate, despatch
ANT:Repress, bold, retain, inhibit, coerce, restrain, cohibit, hinder, retard,discourage, damp, obstruct
Checker: Rowena
Definition
v.t. to press in any way: to drive: to press earnestly: to solicit earnestly: to provoke.—v.i. to incite: to insist: to make allegations.—n. act of urging.—n. Ur′gency quality of being urgent: earnest asking: pressing necessity.—adj. Ur′gent urging: pressing with importunity: calling for immediate attention: earnest.—adv. Ur′gently.—n. Ur′ger.
Typist: Oliver
Examples
- It is in vain to urge, that inanimate objects act without liberty and choice. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Do not urge her any more. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- For if ownership is a human need, we certainly cannot taboo it as the extreme communists so dogmatically urge. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Do not urge her, madam, said Edmund. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A letter arrived from Mr. Churchill to urge his nephew's instant return. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Might not her mother take advantage of Adrian's absence to urge her beyond her sufferance, perhaps to entrap her? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- St. Clare opened his eyes, and looked fixedly on the distressed beings, whom Miss Ophelia and the doctor were trying to urge from the apartment. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And what can have urged you to so sudden a departure? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Pray don't, father, urged his son. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The jealousy of the artist to maintain that reputation, which his ingenuity has justly acquired, has urged him to unnecessary pains on this subject. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I was partly urged by curiosity, and compassion confirmed my resolution. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- You have lost your labour--you had better go no farther, urged the monitor. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I urged my companions to prepare for the wreck of our little skiff, and to bind themselves to some oar or spar which might suffice to float them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Let her alone,' urged the man. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I received a prompt letter in reply decidedly disapproving my proposition, and urging that the lad should be allowed to accompany me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- See another reason for urging it on! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As Sarkoja talked with Zad he cast occasional glances in my direction, while she seemed to be urging him very strongly to some action. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- She too had begun to think this an opportunity for urging on Tertius what he ought to do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Dejah Thoris stood as close to it as she could, whispering words of hope and courage to me, and urging me to save myself. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He was urging his son to marry my daughter with as little regard for what she might think as if she were a slut from off the streets. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pride helps us; and pride is not a bad thing when it only urges us to hide our own hurts--not to hurt others. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Edward answers by fresh assurances of secrecy, and again urges on him the necessity of procuring some venison. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Come over to my place'--he urged as one urges a drunken man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Hope beckons and sorrow urges us, the heart beats high with expectation, and this eager desire of change must be an omen of success. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The third sentence urges greater safeguards against undesirable marriages. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Say yes,' Wegg naturally urges. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Merritt