Urge
Urge , transitive verb
[Latin urgere; akin to English wreak. See Wreak, transitive verb]
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. [Rare]
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.
Urge , intransitive verb
1.
To press onward or forward. [Rare]
2.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.