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urge

Nouns

• (n) an instinctive motive
  • profound religious impulses
  impulse,
• (n) a strong restless desire
  • why this urge to travel?
  itch,

Verbs

• (v) force or impel in an indicated direction
  • I urged him to finish his studies
  exhort, press, urge on,
• (v) push for something
  • The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day
  advocate, recommend,
• (v) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
  exhort, pep up, root on, urge on, barrack, inspire, cheer,

Synonyms

impulse exhort press urge on itch advocate recommend pep up root on barrack inspire cheer

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