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  • 31urge — 1. verb 1) she urged him to try Syn: encourage, exhort, press, entreat, implore, call on, appeal to, beg, plead with 2) I urge caution in interpreting these results Syn: advise …

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  • 32urge on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms urge on : present tense I/you/we/they urge on he/she/it urges on present participle urging on past tense urged on past participle urged on to encourage someone to put more effort into something or to not stop… …

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  • 33urge — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, admonish, advise, advocate, affirm, allege, appetite, appetition, apply pressure, ardor, argue, ask, assert, automatic response, beg, beseech, beset, besiege, blandish, blind impulse, brain wave, brainstorm …

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  • 34urge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. solicit, plead, importune, advocate, exhort, incite, instigate; press, push. n. impulse, desire, ambition. See necessity, request, cause. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To present favorably] Syn. favor,… …

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  • 35urge — [16] Urge was borrowed from Latin urgēre ‘push, press, compel’. Its present participle gave English urgent [15], which thus means etymologically ‘pressing’. => URGENT …

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  • 36urge on — PHRASAL VERB If you urge someone on, you encourage them to do something. [V n P] She had a strong and supportive sister who urged her on... [V P n (not pron)] Western visitors remember a lean, cheerful figure on horseback urging on his men. Syn …

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  • 37urge — verb encourage or entreat earnestly to do something. ↘strongly recommend. ↘encourage to move more quickly. ↘(urge someone on) encourage someone to continue. noun a strong desire or impulse. Derivatives urging noun Origin C16: from L. urgere press …

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  • 38urge — [16] Urge was borrowed from Latin urgēre ‘push, press, compel’. Its present participle gave English urgent [15], which thus means etymologically ‘pressing’. Cf.⇒ URGENT …

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  • 39Urge Overkill — Background information Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States Genres …

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  • 40Urge Overkill — Datos generales Origen Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos …

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