urge

Urge is defined as to force or push to stimulate someone to take action.

(verb)

An example of urge is to try to convince a student to apply to college as soon as possible.

Urge is the act of force or pushing along or a desire for something.

(noun)

An example of urge is an argument that college is an important to a wavering high school senior.
An example of urge is a strong wish for caramel.

See urge in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb urged, urging

1. to press upon the attention; present or speak of earnestly and repeatedly; plead, allege, or advocate strongly: to urge caution
2. to entreat or plead with; ask, persuade, or solicit earnestly; press; exhort
to stimulate or incite; provoke
to drive or force onward; press forward; impel
to ply (oars, etc.) vigorously

Origin: L urgere, to press hard: see wreak

intransitive verb

noun

the act of urging
an impulse to do a certain thing; impelling influence or force, esp. an inner drive

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See urge in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb urged urged, urg·ing, urg·es

verb, transitive

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, intransitive

noun

The act of urging.
a. An impulse that prompts action or effort: suppressed an urge to laugh.
b. An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct: “There is a human urge to clarify, rationalize, justify” (Leonard Bernstein).

Origin:

Origin: Latin urgēre

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