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urge
 (űrj)
KEY
VERB:
urged
,
urgˇing
,
urgˇes
VERB:
tr.
- To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
- To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
- To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for:
urge passage of the bill; a speech urging moderation.
- To stimulate; excite:
"It urged him to an intensity like madness"
(D.H. Lawrence).
- To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.
VERB:
intr.
- To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.
- To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.
NOUN:
- The act of urging.
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- An impulse that prompts action or effort:
suppressed an urge to laugh.
- An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct:
"There is a human urge to clarify, rationalize, justify"
(Leonard Bernstein).
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin urg re
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