- (v.t.) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion or importunity.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- (v.t.) To provoke; to exasperate.
- (v.i.) To press onward or forward.
- (v.i.) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
- (v.t.) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- (v.t.) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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