Verb

(en verb)

To strengthen or hearten; give impetus or vigour

*{{quote-book, year=1899, author=Stanley Waterloo, title=The Wolf's Long Howl, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The queer thought somehow inspirited him. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1856, author=John Esten Cooke, title=The Last of the Foresters, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=The landlord had been so much pleased with Mr. Jinks' patriotic ardor in the German cause, that he generously hinted at an entire obliteration of any little score chalked up against the name of Jinks for board and lodging at the hostelry; this was one of the circumstances which inspirited Mr. Jinks. }}

Verb

(urg)

To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

* Alexander Pope

through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight

To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

* Shakespeare

My brother never / Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it.

To provoke; to exasperate.

* Shakespeare

Urge not my father's anger.

To press hard upon; to follow closely.

* Alexander Pope

Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave.

To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.

to urge''' an argument; to '''urge the necessity of a case

(obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.

to urge an ore with intense heat

To press onward or forward.

To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.