urge

v.

1. To present favorably

   favor, further, support, speak for, propose, plead for, advance, rationalize, aid, recommend, endorse, ratify, confirm, promote, sanction, approve, commend, countenance.

   Antonyms discourage, prohibit, impede.

2. To induce

   charge, beg, plead, adjure, influence, beseech, implore, ask, command, entreat, desire, request, press, importune, inveigle, talk into, incite, move, allure, tempt, attract, influence, prompt, instigate, exhort, advise, solicit, inspire, stimulate, conjure, coax, wheedle, maneuver, draw, put up to, prevail upon.

   Antonyms restrain*, deter*, discourage. *

3. To drive

   compel, drive, propel, impel, force, coerce, constrain, press, push, make, oblige, goad, prod, spur.

   Antonyms deny*, block*, withhold.

urge implies a strong effort to persuade someone to do something, as by entreaty, argument, or forceful recommendation he urged us to leave; exhort implies an earnest urging or admonishing to action or conduct considered proper or right the minister exhorted his flock to work for peace; press suggests a continuous, insistent urging that is difficult to resist we pressed her to stay; importune implies persistent efforts to break down resistance against a demand or request, often to the point of being annoying or wearisome too proud to importune for help