[urge] vb urged ; urg.ing [L urgere to press, push, entreat--more at wreak] vt (1560) 1: to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly "his conviction was upheld on a theory never urged at his ... trial --Leon Friedman"
2: to undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm "~ the attack" 3 a: solicit, entreat b: to serve as a motive or reason for
4: to force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed "the dog urged the sheep toward the gate"
5: stimulate, provoke ~ vi: to declare, advance, or press earnestly a statement, argument, charge, or claim -- urg.er n
[2]urge n (ca. 1618) 1: the act or process of urging
2: a force or impulse that urges; esp: a continuing impulse toward an activity or goal