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Verb: urge  urj
  1. Force or impel in an indicated direction
    "I urged him to finish his studies"
    - urge on, press, exhort
     
  2. Push for something
    "The travel agent urged strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"
    - recommend, advocate, encourage
     
  3. Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
    "The crowd urged on the demonstrating strikers"
    - cheer, root on, inspire, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up
Noun: urge  urj
  1. An instinctive motive
    "profound religious urges"
    - impulse
     
  2. A strong restless desire
    "why this urge to travel?"
    - itch

Derived forms: urges, urged, urging

See also: urgency, urgent, urging

Type of: advise, counsel, desire, encourage, motivation, motive, need, propose, rede [archaic], suggest

Encyclopedia: Urge