urge

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urge[1,verb] urge[2,noun] urge incontinence

Main Entry: ¹urge
Pronunciation: '&rj
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): urged; urg·ing
Etymology: Latin urgEre to press, push, entreat -- more at WREAK
transitive verb
1 : to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly <his conviction was upheld on a theory never urged at his...trial -- Leon Friedman>
2 : to undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm <urge the attack>
3 a : SOLICIT, ENTREAT <urged him to keep trying> b : to serve as a motive or reason for <urged by a sense of duty>
4 : to force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed <the dog urged the sheep toward the gate>
5 : STIMULATE, PROVOKE <urge not my father's anger -- Shakespeare>
intransitive verb : to declare, advance, or press earnestly a statement, argument, charge, or claim <urgeed for the adoption of the proposal>
- urg·er noun