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Urge

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Noun

1. impulse, urge

an instinctive motive

Example Sentences:
'profound religious impulses'

2. itch, urge

a strong restless desire

Example Sentences:
'why this urge to travel?'

Verb

3. exhort, press, urge, urge on

force or impel in an indicated direction

Example Sentences:
'I urged him to finish his studies'

4. advocate, recommend, urge

push for something

Example Sentences:
'The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day'

5. barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on

spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

Example Sentences:
'The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Urge

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verb
1. (transitive)
to plead, press, or move (someone to do something)
we urged him to surrender
2. (tr; may take a clause as object)
to advocate or recommend earnestly and persistently; plead or insist on
to urge the need for safety
3. (transitive)
to impel, drive, or hasten onwards
he urged the horses on
4. (transitive) archaic or literary
to stimulate, excite, or incite
noun
5. 
a strong impulse, inner drive, or yearning

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Urge

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verb transitiveWord forms: urged or ˈurging
1. 
a. 
to press upon the attention; present or speak of earnestly and repeatedly; plead, allege, or advocate strongly
to urge caution
b. 
to entreat or plead with; ask, persuade, or solicit earnestly; press; exhort
2. 
to stimulate or incite; provoke
3. 
to drive or force onward; press forward; impel
4. 
to ply (oars, etc.) vigorously
verb intransitive
5. 
to make an earnest presentation of arguments, claims, charges, entreaties, etc.
6. 
to exert a force that drives or impels, as to action
noun
7. 
the act of urging
8. 
an impulse to do a certain thing; impelling influence or force, esp. an inner drive

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Urge

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v. urged, urg·ing, urg·es
v.tr.
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.
v.intr.
1. To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.
2. To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.
n.
1. The act of urging.
2.
a. An impulse that prompts action or effort: suppressed an urge to laugh.
b. An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct: "There is a human urge to clarify, rationalize, justify" (Leonard Bernstein).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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