- L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See Wreakv. t.
- To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight.
- 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.
- To provoke; to exasperate.RUrge not my father's anger.
- To press hard upon; to follow closelyHeir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
- 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.
- To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage.
