(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ someone to do something, you try hard to persuade or encourage them to do it. (FORMAL)
Kennedy ~ed his listeners to turn away from violence...
He ~ed his companions, ‘Try to accomplish your aim with diligence’.
= urge
VERB: V n to-inf, V n with quote
~ation (~ations)
Foreign funds alone are clearly not enough, nor are ~ations to reform.
N-VAR