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v. t.
Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
My brother never
Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Urge not my father's anger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Urgency. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. urgence. ] The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure;
a. [ L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See Urge. ] Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. “The urgent hour.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. Ex. xii. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an urgent manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who urges. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]