noun
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A strong desire; an itch to do something.
verb
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To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
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To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
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To provoke; to exasperate.
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To press hard upon; to follow closely.
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To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
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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.
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to urge an ore with intense heat
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To press onward or forward.
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To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Examples of urges in a Sentence
People have urges and sometimes things just happen.
Don't fight your urges for me.
He urges that an adequate explanation is impossible on the assumption of a Jewish or Christian origin.
The Wycliffite authorship of the Commentaries on the Gospels, on which the learned editors base their argument, is, however, unsupported by any evidence beyond the fact that the writer of the Prologue to Matthew urges in strong language " the propriety of translating Scripture for the use of the laity."
He urges very rightly that if alteration is carried beyond a certain point it cuts away its own foundation, and so all certainty is destroyed.
One of the edicts is addressed to the order, and urges upon its members and the laity alike the learning and rehearsal of passages from the Buddhist scriptures.
No allusion, however, is made by Moses to this previous demand; he merely urges the same objection as that put forward in iv.
The bishop of St Andrews tells Edward of these events, and urges him to come to the border, to preserve peace.
Briefly summarized, this letter approves of a tariff for revenue with incidental protection, whereas the annual message of the 2nd of December 1845 criticizes the whole theory of protection and urges the adoption of a revenue tariff just sufficient to meet the needs of the government conducted on an economical basis.
He also urges the analogue of " the anointing of the doorposts, which preserved the first-born by things that have no sense."
Cyril of Jerusalem, in his instruction of the catechumens, urges them to learn the Creed by heart, but not write it down.
Humanitarian moralists, who hesitate to believe in the retributive theory of punishment because, as they think, its aim is not the criminal's future well-being but merely the vindication through pain of an outrage upon the moral law which the criminal need never have committed, might welcome a theory which urges that the sole aim of punishment should be the exercise of an influence determining the criminal's future conduct for his own or the social good.
Plotinus, however, urges that, as all thought involves difference or duality of some kind, it cannot be the primary fact in the universe, what we call God.
He argues that Hobbes's atomic materialism involves the conception of an objective physical world, the object not of passive sense that varies from man to man, but of the active intellect that is the same in all; there is therefore, he urges, an inconsistency in refusing to admit a similar exercise of intellect in morals, and an objective world of right and wrong, which the mind by its normal activity clearly apprehends as such.
Hume concedes that a compact is the natural means of peace fully instituting a new government, and may therefore be properly regarded as the ground of allegiance to it at the outset; but he urges that, when once it is firmly established the duty of obeying it rests on precisely the same combination of private and general interests as the duty of keeping promises; it is therefore absurd to base the former on the latter.
He urges that the notion of " good 1 on the whole " is one which only a reasoning being can form, involving as it does abstraction from the objects of all particular desires, and comparison of past and future with present feelings; and maintains that it is a contradiction to suppose a rational being to have the notion of its Good on the Whole without a desire for it, and that such a desire must naturally regulate all particular appetites and passions.
Demosthenes urges that such an enterprise would at present be useless; that it would fail to unite Greece; that the energies of the city should be reserved for a real emergency; but that, before the city can successfully cope with any war, there must be a better organization of resources, and, first of all, a reform of the navy, which he outlines with characteristic lucidity and precision.
Demosthenes urges that it is time to do something, and to do it with a plan.
Dot urges him to seek forgiveness for the past.
So leaving the fallen, he urges haste to make for the fortress of Helm's Deep and safety.
The chorus / climax is irresistible anyway - Verlaine crooning - " I understand destructive urges / They seem so imperfect.
Recommendation D90 urges all Administrations to ensure that the number of their List A Accounting Authorities does not exceed a maximum of 25.
This Association urges the Scottish Executive to re-establish the previous structure of HSDU National Trainers under the organizational umbrella of Learning and Teaching Scotland.
He regards the Australians as representing the lowest and most primitive examples of this primitive Caucasic type, and he urges that they must have arrived in Australia at a time when their ancestors had no pottery, knew no agriculture, domesticated no animals, had no houses and used no bows and arrows.
The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, an organization of 1600 leading business men, is a power for varied good in the city; besides its constant and aggressive work in promoting the commercial interests of the city, it was largely influential in the federal reform of the consular service; it studied the question of overcrowded tenements and secured the passage of a new tenement law with important sanitary provisions and a set minimum of air space; it urges and promotes home-gardening, public baths and play-grounds, and lunch-rooms, &c., for employes in factories; and it was largely instrumental in devising and carrying out the so-called "Group Plan" described above.
Among his more famous hoaxes were the " Edict of the King of Prussia " (1773), already described; the fictitious supplement to the Boston Chronicle, printed on his private press at Passy in 1782, and containing a letter with an invoice of eight packs of 954 cured, dried, hooped and painted scalps of rebels, men, women and children, taken by Indians in the British employ; and another fictitious Letter from the Count de Schaumberg to the Baron Hohendorf commanding the Hessian Troops in America (1777) - the count's only anxiety is that not enough men will be killed to bring him in moneys he needs, and he urges his officer in command in America " to prolong the war.
He began to do this in 1527 in the Libellus visitatorius, which urges pastors to instruct their people in the necessity of repentance, and to bring the threatenings of the law to bear upon men in order to faith.
Mara, the great tempter, appears in the sky, and urges Gotama to stop, promising him, in seven days, a universal kingdom over the four great continents if he will but give up his enterprise.2 When his words fail to have any effect, the tempter consoles himself by the confident hope that he will still overcome his enemy, saying, "Sooner or later some lustful or malicious or angry thought must arise in his mind; in that moment I shall be his master"; and from that hour, adds the legend, "as a shadow always follows the body, so he too from that day always followed the Blessed One, striving to throw every obstacle in his way towards the Buddhahood."
The MCB urges fellow British Muslims to exercise the utmost restraint in the face of these provocations.
It is tragic to see such innocent blood flow on any occasion. ' Christian Aid urges the British government to press for negotiations.
James urges anyone who is in good spirits to sing songs of praise.
Despite these urges, coping with a divorce can be much easier if you do not bring yet another person into the mix.
The recommended dose is one capsule twice daily and the company urges you give it a chance to work.
Boys in their pubescent years will begin to have very active sexual urges that should be addressed in a comfortable and safe environment.
If you or someone you know feels these kinds of urges, please seek help from a licensed therapist immediately.
Having the support of friends and family can help you deal with some of the urges you have because you can talk through them.
Manufacturers are aware of the modern dog's need to address primal urges in a highly civilized environment.
He believed that nothing was done by chance and that everything was motivated by the unconscious - what a dreamer does in their dreams was the way to act on those impulses and urges.
In other words, a person who appears to be lazy because of frequent nap urges during the day may actually be narcoleptic.
The suppressed thoughts and urges emerge while the person is dreaming and he must face the things that he rejects about his inner self in order to find inner peace.
The disorder can cause strong urges to fall asleep during inappropriate times, such as when eating, working, or socializing.
I mean, if you're mom looks down upon you racing her Tahoe down the street, play this game to satiate your urges.
The AAID has created a petition that urges for the boycott of the offending video game and all products distributed by Activision.
The child's urges for independence may challenge parents' authority.
Kleptomania involves urges to steal and repetitive acts of unnecessary theft.
Nevertheless, they experience frequent strong urges to urinate.
More and more women are feeling that it's okay to act on their sexual urges.
Television and movies have made women feel freer to pursue their sexual urges.
Verragio urges anyone questioning the authenticity of a ring to contact the company directly for help verifying authenticity.
If he can incorporate control over some of his passionate urges, he'll emerge a stronger man for it and will certainly enjoy a longer life.