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urged

/ɝd͡ʒd/ adjective B2
  1. having an urge to do something
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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.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 71 · C1
The old patron, who was obliged to sail in the morning in order to land his cargo on the frontiers of Piedmont and France, between Nice and Fréjus, urged Dantès to try and rise.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 251 · C1
“Go on,” urged Caderousse.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 288 · C1
Neither could anything be urged against my father, who, though with some peculiarities, has abilities which Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 217 · B2

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