Word Direct Answers

What does "urge" mean?

Urge: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To provoke; to exasperate. [R.] Urge not my father's anger. Shak.
  2. 3.To press hard upon; to follow closely Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. Pope.
  3. 4.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.
  4. 5.To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
  5. 6.To press onward or forward. [R.]
  6. 7.To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

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