urge+or+press+on
31press — v 1. force, push, drive, ram, shove, elbow; impel, propel, thrust, trundle; cram, jam, crush, pinch. 2. compress, squeeze, condense, clamp; cramp, compact, concentrate, roll into a ball; strain, strangle, constrict, constringe. 3. weigh upon,… …
32urge — 1. verb 1) she urged him to try again Syn: encourage, exhort, enjoin, press, entreat, implore, call on, appeal to, beg, plead with, coax; egg on, prod, prompt, spur, goad, incite, push …
33urge — 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 …
34urge — 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 …
35urge — [16] Urge was borrowed from Latin urgēre ‘push, press, compel’. Its present participle gave English urgent [15], which thus means etymologically ‘pressing’. => URGENT …
36urge — 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 …
37urge — [16] Urge was borrowed from Latin urgēre ‘push, press, compel’. Its present participle gave English urgent [15], which thus means etymologically ‘pressing’. Cf.⇒ URGENT …
38urge — v. a. 1. Push, press, impel, drive, force onward, push on, press on. 2. Solicit, importune, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, conjure. 3. Incite, animate, encourage, instigate, stimulate, goad, spur. 4. Press upon attention, present in an urgent… …
39urge — 1. noun A strong desire; an itch to do something. 2. verb a) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward …
40press — I. v. a. 1. Compress, squeeze, crowd, crush. 2. Squeeze out, express. 3. Make smooth, smooth, flatten. 4. Embrace closely, hug, clasp. 5. Constrain, compel, force. 6. Enjoin, enforce, urge, inculcate. 7. Straiten, distress …
