Definition of Urge

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incite, provoke, goad; impel, encourage; plead; advise
strong instinctual desire, drive; impulse, itch; act of urging
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(v. t.)
To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
  
(v. t.)
To provoke; to exasperate.
  
(v. t.)
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
  
(v. t.)
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
  
(v. t.)
To press hard upon; to follow closely
  
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. i.)
To press onward or forward.
  
(v. i.)
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
  
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\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.
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.
3. to provoke; to exasperate. [r.] urge not my father's anger.
4. to press hard upon; to follow closely heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
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.


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 urge on 
 urge incontinence 
Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
fonn, gríosaigh, gríosuigh, sprioc
English Phonetics

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JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Dirio = v. to iterate; to urge
Haerllugo = v. to urge obstinately
Twa = v. to drive, to urge on
Ymgymhell = v. to urge one's self; to urge mutually
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. an instinctive motive; "profound religious impulses"
(synonym) impulse
(hypernym) motivation, motive, need
(hyponym) abience
2. a strong restless desire; "why this urge to travel?"
(synonym) itch
(hypernym) desire

Verb
1. force or impel in an indicated direction; "I urged him to finish his studies"
(synonym) urge on, press, exhort
(hypernym) advise, counsel
(hyponym) rush, hurry
(derivation) goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring
2. push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
(synonym) recommend, advocate
(hypernym) propose, suggest, advise
(derivation) importunity, urgency, urging
3. urge on or encourage especially by shouts; "The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"
(synonym) cheer, inspire, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up
(hypernym) encourage
(hyponym) cheerlead
(derivation) urging
Urge Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Urge means a strong desire. Urge may also refer to:
  • Sucking urge, an infant's instinctive urge to breastfeed
  • urge, drive forward, to make something move faster
  • Nissan Urge, a concept car announced by Nissan that will be integrated with the Xbox video game console
  • URGE (digital music service), an online music service (now defunct) released on May 17, 2006 - a collaboration between MTV and Microsoft
  • Urge (soft drink), a citrus soft drink produced in Norway, equivalent of Surge

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The URGE digital music store was an online music distribution service run by MTV Networks. URGE was integrated into Windows Media Player 11.

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Urge Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Both '5' hands are held, palms out, the right fingers facing right and the left fingers left. The hands move straight forward in a series of short movements.