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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
urge
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Examples
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As for the taunts thou urgest against my marriage with the princess, I will prove to thee, first, that I am prudent herein, next chastened in my love, and last powerful friend to thee and to thy sons; only hold thy peace.
Medea 2008
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As for the taunts thou urgest against my marriage with the princess, I will prove to thee, first, that I am prudent herein, next chastened in my love, and last powerful friend to thee and to thy sons; only hold thy peace.
Medea 2008
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Yea but, thou urgest again, I have little comfort of this which is said, it concerns me not: Inanis poenitentia quam sequens culpa coinquinat, 'tis to no purpose for me to repent, and to do worse than ever I did before, to persevere in sin, and to return to my lusts as a dog to his vomit, or a swine to the mire:
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So much at present for those parts of thy letter in which thou urgest to me motives of compassion for the lady.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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A good man, I own, might urge many of the things thou urgest; but, by my soul, they come very awkwardly from thee.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Everybody, pay attention: Torture is about satisfying the deviant urgest of sadists.
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But, to make short with thee, I am fully determined (if thou wouldst have me a Christian, as thou instantly urgest me to bee) to goe thither, for otherwise, I will continue as
The Decameron 2004
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"- For, as thou urgest justice, be assur'd Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desir'st."
Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998
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The ANC urgest that everything be done to prevent a massacre from taking place.
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Fie on Kshatriya practices, in accordance with which thou urgest me to battle, as if I were a stranger to thee, and for the sake of which thou speakest to me -- thy only son -- such words as if thou wert not my mother.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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