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Urging   /ˈərdʒɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Urge  v. t.  (past & past part. urged; pres. part. urging)  
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.
Synonyms: To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage.


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





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... influenced in his volitions by motives, he always possesses the ability to choose the opposite of that which was the object of his choice. God, in His providence and grace, places before man the evil and the good, urging him by the most powerful considerations to choose the latter and reject the former. When the sinner yields to God, that is regeneration." "We believe that the Scriptures teach that there are but two Sacraments, viz., Baptism and the Lord's Supper, in each of which truths ...
— American Lutheranism - Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod • Friedrich Bente
... that the Duke of Wellington made the gratifying proposal that the Prince should succeed him as Commander-in-chief of the army, urging the suggestion by every argument in his power, and offering to supply the Prince with all the information and guidance which the old soldier's experience could command. After some quiet consideration the Prince declined the proposal, chiefly on the ground that the many claims which the high ...
— Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, (Victoria) Vol II • Sarah Tytler
... said, looking up quickly and urging his mule as closely behind hers as was practicable, "what are your plans to be when ...
— The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel • Thomas Bailey Aldrich
... used for paying out the cable was defective, Mr. Field went to Washington and procured from the Navy Department the services of Mr. Wm. E. Everett, the chief engineer of the "Niagara," stating to that gentleman the necessity for a new machine, and urging him to invent it. This Mr. Everett succeeded in doing during the winter. His machine was regarded as a great improvement on that which had been used on the "Niagara." "It was much smaller and lighter. It would take up only about one third as much room on the deck, and had only one fourth the weight ...
— Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made • James D. McCabe, Jr.
... conferences, which were more solemn than before: three of the Ministers (Salisbury, Hanotaux, and Rudini) not very sure that an indignant people might not even then be planning their overthrow; and the other three, with no such apprehension, urging extreme and ...
— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various


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