urging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: urging	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for urging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
urging n a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" Synonym(s): goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" Synonym(s): importunity, urgency, urging
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.