Crossword clues for urging
urging
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Urge \Urge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Urged; p. pr. & vb. n. Urging.] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See Wreak, v. t.]
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To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight.
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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.
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To provoke; to exasperate. [R.]
Urge not my father's anger.
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To press hard upon; to follow closely
Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.
--Pope. 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.
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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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of urge English)
WordNet
n. a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, spur, spurring]
the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" [syn: importunity, urgency]
Usage examples of "urging".
Akeela nodded politely but hurried along, urging his horse toward Lionkeep and the hill holding it aloft.
Unable to even say it, she shoved the remains of the scroll at her older relative, silently urging her to read it.
At the urging of his chieftains, Agamemnon sends ambassadors to Achilles, offering him rich prizes and the hand of his daughter in marriage if he will return to the fighting line.
But just now my wife was bringing me round, her winning words urging me back to battle.
But a light urging sent by the god of earthquakes rippled through their lines and whipped battalions on.
All at once on the left flank he marked him, spurring companions, urging them to fight, for Phoebus had filled each man with quaking fear.
They kept on urging the sharp-eyed giant-killer Hermes to go and steal the body, a plan that pleased them all, but not Hera, Poseidon or the girl with blazing eyes.
Menelaus and Odysseus came to address the Trojan assembly, urging them to restore Helen to her husband.
And so he left, although Don Quixote was still urging him to watch at least two mad acts.
The fugitives were stopped and rallied by the presence and authority of Julian, who, careless of his own safety, threw himself before them, and urging every motive of shame and honor, led them back against the victorious enemy.
Although she heard her own voice whispering his name in a breathless tone, she could not be aware of anything but the ecstasy urging them to satisfy it.
He was urging her to share that bliss with him again, but that might change if he renewed his relationship with Portia Muir.
Into her mouth came the sharp pulse of his breath, urging her to share this uncontainable rapture.
Their lovemaking grew fiercer after that, her reactions feeding his, and he drove harder into her, with her urging on the quickening pace of his thrusts.
And to all those enthusiastic and impatient people who read Sorcery Rising and sent me emails and letters urging me to get on and finish the next book: here it is!