urge
/ɝd͡ʒ/ verb B2- 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.
Plural urge · He/she/it urges · Past urged · Past participle urged · -ing form urging
Verb forms
- Base form
- urge
- He/she/it
- urges
- Past
- urged
- Past participle
- urged
- -ing form
- urging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“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).
Against staying longer, however, Elizabeth was positively resolved--nor did she much expect it would be asked; and fearful, on the contrary, of being considered as intruding themselves needlessly long, she urged Jane to borrow Mr.
Miss Bennet was the only creature who could suppose there might be any extenuating circumstances in the case unknown to the society of Hertfordshire: her mild and steady candour always pleaded for allowances, and urged the possibility of mistakes; but by everybody else Mr.
Neither could anything be urged against my father, who, though with some peculiarities, has abilities which Mr.
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