urge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: urge	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for urge
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
urge n an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses" [syn: urge, impulse] a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?" Synonym(s): urge, itch v force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies" Synonym(s): urge, urge on, press, exhort push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" Synonym(s): recommend, urge, advocate spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers" Synonym(s): cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Urge \Urge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Urged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Urging}.] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See {Wreak}, v. t.] 1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight. --Pope. 2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. My brother never Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it. --Shak. 3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.] Urge not my father's anger. --Shak. 4. To press hard upon; to follow closely Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. --Pope. 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. 6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat. Syn: To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Urge \Urge\, v. i. 1. To press onward or forward. [R.] 2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.