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Urge

//ɜːd͡ʒ//

Definitions

nounurges

1
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle.
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hunger yearning ache

verburges · urging · urged · urge · urgest · urgedst · urgeth

1
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

Word Origin

From Latin urgeō (“urge”).

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Urge

//ɜːd͡ʒ//

Definitions

nounurges

1
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle.
Similar
hunger yearning ache

verburges · urging · urged · urge · urgest · urgedst · urgeth

1
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

Word Origin

From Latin urgeō (“urge”).

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Lo hapless Tydeus, whose ill-fated hand / Had slain his brother, leaves his native land, / And seized with horror in the shades of night, / Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight[…]

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animate encourage impel

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.

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instigate abet actuate

To provoke; to exasperate.

Vrge not my fathers anger (Eglamoure) / But thinke vpon my griefe (a Ladies griefe) / And on the iuſtice of my flying hence, / To keepe me from a moſt vnholy match, / Which heauen and fortune ſtill rewards with plagues.

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