urge+or+press+on

  • 91importune — im•por•tune [[t]ˌɪm pɔrˈtun, ˈtyun, ɪmˈpɔr tʃən[/t]] v. tuned, tun•ing, adj. 1) to urge or press with excessive persistence 2) to trouble; annoy 3) archaic to beg for urgently or persistently 4) to make urgent or persistent solicitations 5)… …

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  • 92impel — /ɪmˈpɛl / (say im pel) verb (t) (impelled, impelling) 1. to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action in any way. 2. to drive, or cause to move, onwards; propel; impart motion to. {Latin impellere} …

  • 93threap —  to blame, rebuke, reprove, or chide ; ab A. S. THREAPAN, THREAPIAN, of the same signification. To THREAP KINDNESS UPON ONE, is used in another sense. To THREAP is also to urge or press : it is no threaping ware ; i. e. ware so bad as to require… …

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  • 94threapen —  to blame, rebuke, reprove, or chide ; ab A. S. THREAPAN, THREAPIAN, of the same signification. To THREAP KINDNESS UPON ONE, is used in another sense. To THREAP is also to urge or press : it is no threaping ware ; i. e. ware so bad as to require… …

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  • 95in|sist´ing|ly — in|sist «ihn SIHST», intransitive verb. 1. to keep firmly to some demand, some statement, or some position: »He insists on playing another game. The accused man insisted on his innocence. SYNONYM(S): urge, persist, press. 2. to dwell at length or …

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  • 96in|sist´er — in|sist «ihn SIHST», intransitive verb. 1. to keep firmly to some demand, some statement, or some position: »He insists on playing another game. The accused man insisted on his innocence. SYNONYM(S): urge, persist, press. 2. to dwell at length or …

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  • 97in|sist — «ihn SIHST», intransitive verb. 1. to keep firmly to some demand, some statement, or some position: »He insists on playing another game. The accused man insisted on his innocence. SYNONYM(S): urge, persist, press. 2. to dwell at length or with… …

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  • 98Urged — Urge Urge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Urged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Urging}.] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See {Wreak}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. [1913 Webster] Through the thick deserts headlong urged …

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  • 99Urging — Urge Urge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Urged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Urging}.] [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See {Wreak}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. [1913 Webster] Through the thick deserts headlong urged …

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  • 100Pressed — Press Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pressing}.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. {Print}, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting,… …

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