urge
/ɝd͡ʒ/ verbe B2En français : pousser, inciter, provoquer, insister
- To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. · My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise.
- To provoke; to exasperate.
- To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon. · to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case
- To press onward or forward.
- To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Pluriel urge · He/she/it urges · Prétérit urged · Participe passé urged · Forme en -ing urging
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- urge
- He/she/it
- urges
- Prétérit
- urged
- Participe passé
- urged
- Forme en -ing
- urging
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
“Or kill yourself!” said Eugénie (in a tone which a Vestal in the amphitheatre would have used, when urging the victorious gladiator to finish his vanquished adversary).
With an instinctive hatred of matrimony, she suffered Andrea’s attentions in order to get rid of Morcerf; but when Andrea urged his suit, she betrayed an entire dislike to him.
“Who, then, urged you to write?
Dantès was about to speak; but feeling himself urged forward, and having neither the power nor the intention to resist, he mounted the steps, and was in an instant seated inside between two gendarmes; the two others took their places opposite, and the carriage rolled heavily over the stones.
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