Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Urge \Urge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Urged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Urging}.] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See {Wreak}, v. 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.                           --Shak.

   3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.]

            Urge not my father's anger.           --Shak.

   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.