Thesaurus: urge

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1. v. t. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
2. v. t. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
3. v. t. To provoke; to exasperate.
4. v. t. To press hard upon; to follow closely
5. v. t. 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.
6. v. t. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
7. v. i. To press onward or forward.
8. v. i. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
9. n. an instinctive motive
10. n. a strong restless desire
11. v. force or impel in an indicated direction
12. v. push for something