URGE

vi to press onward or forward.

2. urge ·vt to press hard upon; to follow closely.

3. urge ·vt to provoke; to exasperate.

4. urge ·vt to press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

5. urge ·vi to be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

6. urge ·vt to treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

7. urge ·vt 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.

8. urge ·vt to press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.