URGE, verb intransitive [Latin urgeo. This belongs probably to the family of Gr. and Latin arceo.] 1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to apply force to, in almost any manner. And great Achilles urge the Trojan fate. 2. To press the mind or will; to press by motives, arguments, persuasion or importunity. My broth did urge me in his act. 3. To provoke; to exasperate. URGE not my father's anger. 4. To follow close; to impel. Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. 5. To labor vehemently; to press with eagerness. Through the thick deserts headlong urg'd his flight. 6. To press; as, to urge an argument; to urge a petition; to urge the necessity of a case. 7. To importune; to solicit earnestly. He urged his son to withdraw. 8. To apply forcibly; as, to urge an ore with intense heat. URGE, verb intransitive To press forward; as, he strives to urge upward.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI