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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : urj
Phonetic Transcription : ɜrdʒ



Definition of urge

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin urgere "to press hard, push, drive, compel," from PIE root *werg- "to work" (cf. Avestan vareza "work, activity;" Greek ergon "work," orgia "religious performances," organon "tool;" Armenian gorc "work;" Lithuanian verziu "tie, fasten, squeeze," vargas "need, distress;" Old Church Slavonic vragu "enemy;" Gothic waurkjan, Old English wyrcan "work;" Gothic wrikan "persecute," Old English wrecan "drive, hunt, pursue;" Old Norse yrka "work, take effect"). Related: Urged; urging.
  • noun very strong desire
  • verb beg, push for, encourage
Example sentences :
  • But why, when you know it does not, why should you thus perplex and urge me?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • In the one case, as she knew it, a girl under the urge of poverty had stolen.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Under the urge of it, he conquered—at last brought himself and his charge to the shore.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He was moved in his simplicity to urge moderation by asserting the claims of his own personality.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Have you any proof to urge in support of your assertion that the prisoner did not touch it?
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • I often took this poor Talien aside and tried to urge him on to rebellion, but it was all in vain.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I hope you may be able to think so well of me, as to urge no influence against me.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • In vain, dear Caroline, you urge me to think; I profess only to feel.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I was too well satisfied to urge my victory by further complaint.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • What if she were to persist in her offer—were to work with him, urge him to work with her?
  • Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

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