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.
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Urge (?), v. i.
1.
To press onward or forward.
[R.]
2.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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