urge

  1. Noun.  A strong desire; an itch to do something.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) (obsolete) : To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To press onward or forward.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.

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