Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to urge
Participle: urged
Gerund: urging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | urge |
| you | urge |
| he;she;it | urges |
| we | urge |
| you | urge |
| they | urge |
Perfect
| I | have urged |
| you | have urged |
| he;she;it | has urged |
| we | have urged |
| you | have urged |
| they | have urged |
Past
| I | urged |
| you | urged |
| he;she;it | urged |
| we | urged |
| you | urged |
| they | urged |
Pluperfect
| I | had urged |
| you | had urged |
| he;she;it | had urged |
| we | had urged |
| you | had urged |
| they | had urged |
Future
| I | will urge |
| you | will urge |
| he;she;it | will urge |
| we | will urge |
| you | will urge |
| they | will urge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have urged |
| you | will have urged |
| he;she;it | will have urged |
| we | will have urged |
| you | will have urged |
| they | will have urged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | urge |
| you | urge |
| he;she;it | urge |
| we | urge |
| you | urge |
| they | urge |
Perfect
| I | have urged |
| you | have urged |
| he;she;it | have urged |
| we | have urged |
| you | have urged |
| they | have urged |
Imperfect
| I | urged |
| you | urged |
| he;she;it | urged |
| we | urged |
| you | urged |
| they | urged |
Pluperfect
| I | had urged |
| you | had urged |
| he;she;it | had urged |
| we | had urged |
| you | had urged |
| they | had urged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would urge |
| you | would urge |
| he;she;it | would urge |
| we | would urge |
| you | would urge |
| they | would urge |
Perfect
| I | would have urged |
| you | would have urged |
| he;she;it | would have urged |
| we | would have urged |
| you | would have urged |
| they | would have urged |
Imperative
| you | urge |
| we | Let's urge |
| you | urge |
Verbs conjugated like 'urge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'urge'
gurge,
orge,
purge,
surge,
ure,
age,
arage,
argue,
arse,
barge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- motivate, provide an incentive for
- drive, incentivize, motivate, push
- to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction
- abet, actuate, bring about, encourage, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invoke, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, rouse, set off, spur, stir, stir up, whip up
- push
- drive, force, impel, press, hasten
- spur
- incite, impel, goad, instigate, stimulate, activate, move, animate
- implore
- beg, beseech, entreat, importune, solicit, persuade, induce
- allege
- maintain, assert, declare, asseverate, aver
- advise
- counsel, advocate, recommend
Antonyms
- push
- pull, drag, draw, retreat
- allege
- refute, deny, repudiate, disagree
- advise
- dissuade, mislead, deter, deceive
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1560, from L.
urgere "to press hard, push, drive, compel," from PIE base
*werg- "to work" (cf. Avestan
vareza "work, activity;" Gk.
ergon "work,"
orgia "religious performances,"
organon "tool;" Armenian
gorc "work;" Lith.
verziu "tie, fasten, squeeze,"
vargas "need, distress;" O.C.S.
vragu "enemy;" Goth.
waurkjan, O.E.
wyrcan "work;" Goth.
wrikan "persecute," O.E.
wrecan "drive, hunt, pursue;" O.N.
yrka "work, take effect"). The noun is first attested 1618, from the verb; in frequent use after c.1910.
2. From Latin urgeō (“urge”). See: Latin '
urgeō'.
Verbs referencing "urge"
English
wreak, Ido urjar.
Sample Sentences
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Suicides are rare among these prisoners: are almost, indeed, unknown. But no argument in favour of the system, can reasonably be deduced from this circumstance, although it is very often urged. All men who have made diseases of the mind their study, know perfectly well that such extreme depression and despair as will change the whole character, and beat down all its powers of elasticity [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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As nothing was to be urged in opposition to this reasonable arrangement, we requested leave to make some trifling purchases of Shaker goods; which was grimly conceded. We accordingly repaired to a store in the same house and [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] coming back, even poorer than they went. One of them was carrying an open letter from a young English artisan, who had been in New York a fortnight, to a friend near Manchester, whom he strongly urged to follow him. One of the officers brought it to me as a curiosity. ‘This is the country, Jem, ’ said the writer. ‘I like America. There is no despotism here; that 's the great thing. [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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It has been sometimes urged that, in the unavailing efforts which have been made to advance the cause of Human Freedom in the republic of America (strange cause for history to treat of ! ), sufficient regard has not been had [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] ‘we are a new country, ’ which is so often advanced as an excuse for defects which are quite unjustifiable, as being, of right, only the slow growth of an old one, may be very reasonably urged: and I yet hope to hear of there being some other national amusement in the United States, besides newspaper politics.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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St. Clare opened his eyes, and looked fixedly on the distressed beings, whom Miss Ophelia and the doctor were trying to urge from the apartment. “ Poor creatures ! ” he said, and an expression of bitter self-reproach passed over his face. Adolph absolutely refused to go. Terror had deprived him of all presence of mind; he [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] to, she always found it convenient to set one in operation. Miss Ophelia, therefore, did the next best thing she could for Tom,—she wrote a letter to Mrs. Shelby for him, stating his troubles, and urging them to send to his relief.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)