'Urging' definitions:
Definition of 'urging'
(from WordNet)
noun
A verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring]
noun
The act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
noun
Insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" [syn: importunity, urgency, urging]
Definition of 'Urging'
From: GCIDE
- Urge \Urge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Urged; p. pr. & vb. n. Urging.] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See Wreak, v. t.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. [1913 Webster]
- Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. [1913 Webster]
- My brother never Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Urge not my father's anger. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To press hard upon; to follow closely [1913 Webster]
- Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage. [1913 Webster]