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Webster 1913 Edition


Urge

Urge

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Urged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Urging
.]
[L.
urgere
; akin to E.
wreak
. See
Wreak
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
Through the thick deserts headlong
urged
his flight.
Pope.
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.
Shakespeare
3.
To provoke; to exasperate.
[R.]
Urge
not my father’s anger.
Shakespeare
4.
To press hard upon; to follow closely
Heir
urges
heir, like wave impelling wave.
Pope.
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.
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.

Urge

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To press onward or forward.
[R.]
2.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

Webster 1828 Edition


Urge

URGE

, v.t [L. urgeo. This belongs probably to the family of Gr. and L. 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.
I.
To press forward; as, he strives to urge upward.

Definition 2024


ürge

ürge

See also: urge, urgé, and urĝe

Hungarian

Noun

ürge (plural ürgék)

  1. gopher (a small burrowing furry rodent)
  2. (informal) guy, man

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ürge ürgék
accusative ürgét ürgéket
dative ürgének ürgéknek
instrumental ürgével ürgékkel
causal-final ürgéért ürgékért
translative ürgévé ürgékké
terminative ürgéig ürgékig
essive-formal ürgeként ürgékként
essive-modal
inessive ürgében ürgékben
superessive ürgén ürgéken
adessive ürgénél ürgéknél
illative ürgébe ürgékbe
sublative ürgére ürgékre
allative ürgéhez ürgékhez
elative ürgéből ürgékből
delative ürgéről ürgékről
ablative ürgétől ürgéktől
Possessive forms of ürge
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. ürgém ürgéim
2nd person sing. ürgéd ürgéid
3rd person sing. ürgéje ürgéi
1st person plural ürgénk ürgéink
2nd person plural ürgétek ürgéitek
3rd person plural ürgéjük ürgéik