Complete Definition of "urge"

English

Etymology
Latin urgere. Cognate with Old English wrecan (English wreak).

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)d�|-��(r)d�

Noun
en-noun

  1. A strong desire; an itch to do something.

Translations
trans-top|a strong desire; an itch to do something
Finnish: t+|fi|halu, t+|fi|hinku, t|fi|vietti
French: t+|fr|pulsion|f
German: t-|de|Drang|m
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Italian: pulsione f
Norwegian: t-|no|trang|m
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Verb
en-verb|urg|ing

  1. transitive To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
  2. transitive To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuade|persuasion, or importunity.
  3. transitive To provoke; to exasperate.
  4. transitive To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
  5. transitive obsolete: To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
  6. transitive To press onward or forward.
  7. transitive To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Translations
trans-top|to press, push, drive
Finnish: t|fi|ajaa
Hungarian: sürgetni
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trans-top|to press the mind or will of
Finnish: t|fi|painostaa
Hungarian: ösztönözni
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trans-top|to provoke
Finnish: t|fi|raivostuttaa
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trans-top|to present in an urgent manner
Finnish: t|fi|kiirehtiä
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trans-top|(obsolete) to treat with forcible means
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trans-top|to press onward or forward
Finnish: t|fi|ajaa
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trans-top|to be pressing in argument; to insist
Finnish: t|fi|vaatia
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ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|حث (ħáθθa)
ttbc|Chinese: �� (cuīcù)
ttbc|Dutch: aansporen
ttbc|French: t+|fr|presser
ttbc|German: drängen (1,2,4), antreiben (1)
ttbc|Italian: esortare
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ttbc|Japanese: ���� (������, saisoku surú)
ttbc|Korean: ���� (jaechoghada)
ttbc|Old English: manian (1,2,3,4)
ttbc|Portuguese: apressar
ttbc|Russian: подгон��� (podgonját�)
ttbc|Spanish: t-|es|urgir
ttbc|Swedish: uppmana
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See also
surge

Synonyms
animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage

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