urging

Variant of urge

urge definition

urge (ʉrj)

transitive verb urged, urging urg′·ing

    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
  1. to stimulate or incite; provoke
  2. to drive or force onward; press forward; impel
  3. to ply (oars, etc.) vigorously

Etymology: L urgere, to press hard: see wreak

intransitive verb

  1. to make an earnest presentation of arguments, claims, charges, entreaties, etc.
  2. to exert a force that drives or impels, as to action

noun

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

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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