URGE

urge. Urge, v.t. to press, solicit, ask, incite, provoke

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Urge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Urged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Urging (?).] [[L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See Wreak, v. t.]] 1. 1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight. Pope. 2. 2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
My brother never Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it. Shak. 3. 3. To provoke; to exasperate.
Urge not my father's anger. Shak. 4. 4. To press hard upon; to follow closely
Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. Pope. 5. 5. 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.
6. 6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
Syn. — To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage.