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