To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to apply force to, in almost any manner. And great Achilles urge the Trojan fate.

To press the mind or will; to press by motives, arguments, persuasion or importunity. My broth did urge me in his act.

To provoke; to exasperate. Urge not my father’s anger.

To follow close; to impel. Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.

To labor vehemently; to press with eagerness. Through the thick deserts headlong urg’d his flight.

To press; as, to urge an argument; to urge a petition; to urge the necessity of a case.

To importune; to solicit earnestly. He urged his son to withdraw.

To apply forcibly; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.

To press forward; as, he strives to urge upward.