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1. Spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
   "The crowd urged on the demonstrating strikers";
   - cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, exhort, pep up
    
2. Force or impel in an indicated direction
   - urge, press, exhort

Derived forms: urging on, urged on, urges on

Type of: advise, counsel, encourage, rede [archaic]