urgencyn.

Brit.

/ˈəːdʒ(ə)nsi/, U.S.

/ˈərdʒənsi/

Etymology: < urgent adj. (see -ency suffix), or < late Latin urgentia . Compare Italian urgenza , Spanish urgencia , Portuguese urgencia , and urgence n.

I. The state of being urgent, and related uses.

a. The state, condition, or fact of being urgent; pressing importance; imperativeness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > urgency

urgency1540

urgentness1598

urgencec1605

pressingness1661

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > a need or requirement > urgent or pressing > urgency

urgency1540

urgentness1598

urgencec1605

pressingness1661

pressure1812

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 §6 If the importaunce or urgency of the cause..so require.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. viii. 66 Only in case of so great vrgencie.

1624 in S. R. Gardiner Documents Impeachm. Duke of Buckingham (1889) 129 Alleadgeing the urgency of the present service.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 63 I told him the Urgency of my Occasions.

1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 96 The ascertaining of this point becomes a matter of present urgency.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. xi. 335 The urgency of your circumstances.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism i. 7 There are..motives..of far greater force, and these..have a peculiar urgency in reference to the present moment.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxv. 158 I will not wait for the urgency of necessity.

1877 J. E. Erichsen Sci. & Art Surg. (ed. 7) I. i. 13 The four cases of extreme surgical urgency.

b. spec. (See quot. 1884.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > urgency of measure

urgency1881

1881 E. W. Hamilton Diary 14 Mar. (1972) I. 116 In consequence of these tactics on the part of the Tories, the Government of course failed this afternoon to get the necessary majority to vote urgency.

1883 T. E. May Law of Parl. (ed. 9) 383 By the aid of these rules of urgency, a serious political crisis had been overcome.

1884 Imperial Dict. IV. 529 In parliament, urgency is when, by a vote of three to one in a house of not less than 300 members, a measure is declared urgent in the interest of the state.

2. Pressure by importunity or entreaty; urgent solicitation; insistence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency

instancec1340

importunityc1425

instancy1515

importunateness?1526

importunacy1548

importancea1555

importancy1576

opportunitya1586

urgencec1592

urgency1611

clamorousnessa1617

pressingness1661

precariousness1666

supplicancy1728

beseechingness1863

imploringness1863

pleadingness1866

demandingness1930

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Importunite, importunitie, vrgencie, earnestnesse.

1735 J. Swift Gulliver Introd. Let., in Wks. III. i By your great and frequent Urgency you prevailed on me to publish.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. iv. 49 This confession..was torn from her by an impetuous urgency.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. x. 160 In spite of all the urgency and entreaties of my letters for a reply.

1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel I. Introd. 4 At his encouragement and urgency I stood for a Fellowship.

3. Stress of wind, weather, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of > stress of weather

anguishc1330

force1614

urgency1660

rack1865

1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 12 There was never any tender Nightingale so preserved in the urgencie of the weather.

1859 W. M. Thomson Land & Bk. I. 66 Neither heavy weights.., nor the importunate urgency of the wind, can sway it [sc. a palm-tree] aside from perfect uprightness.

4. Persistence, eagerness. rare.

ΚΠ

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 184 And why with less expedition or urgency should we persue the certain means of our present security?

5. Impelling or prompting force or quality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > quality, force, or power of

incitation1656

urgency1816

urgence1874

impellingness1922

1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 149 What she has told you..from no apparent impulse but the urgency of conscience.

1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 281 The urgency of desire and devotion.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. x. 110 The new urgency of this habitual thought brought a new suggestion.

II. Something that promotes urgent action.

6. An urgent need or situation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > a need or requirement > urgent or pressing

necessityc1390

urgency1647

importance1740

demandc1790

stress1822

1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. i. 11 Collections through the Kingdom being too slow for such an urgency.

1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 58 The accidental difference..is sometimes (but rarely) two pence in five shillings, or somewhat more in great urgencies.

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 63 With sudden speed,..Because of some great urgency and need In their affairs.

1832 Rolls of Parl. Index 467/2 Agrees to respite the Levy..for Two Years,..unless any Urgency should arise.

7. A driving or constraining impulse or motive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates

prickleOE

pritchOE

alighting1340

brodc1375

bellowsc1386

pricka1387

motivec1390

prompting1402

preparativec1450

stirmentc1460

incentive?a1475

fomenta1500

farda1522

instigation1526

pointing1533

swinge1548

spur1551

whetstone1551

goad1567

promptitude1578

alarm1587

inducement1593

solicitor1594

incitement1596

inflammation1597

instance1597

excitement1604

moving spirit1604

heart-blood1606

inflamer1609

rouser1611

stimulator1614

motioner1616

incensivea1618

incitative1620

incitation1622

whettera1625

impulsivea1628

excitation1628

incendiary1628

dispositive1629

fomentationa1631

switch1630

stirrer1632

irritament1634

provocative1638

impetus1641

driving force1642

driving power1642

engagement1642

firer1653

propellant1654

fomentary1657

impulse1660

urgency1664

impeller1686

fillip1699

shove1724

incitive1736

stimulative1747

bonus1787

stimulus1791

impellent1793

stimulant1794

propulsion1800

instigant1833

propulsive1834

motive power1836

evoker1845

motivity1857

afflatus1865

flip1881

urge1882

agent provocateur1888

will to power1896

a shot in the arm1922

motivator1929

driver1971

co-driver1993

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xx. 76 Pinched betwixt the sense of poverty and quick urgencies of Devotion.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 343 The patient..will still perhaps be tormented with..a perpetual urgency to expulsion.

c1830 T. Chalmers Lect. Rom. (1840) lxix. 346 Evil might ensue from unbridled and unreasonable urgencies of talk upon this subject.

1883 D. C. Murray Hearts viii A superstitious reverence for his guest's genius, and its various urgencies.

8. plural. Earnest representations or entreaties; importunities.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > entreaties

moana1325

instances1647

urgencies1823

1823 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 376 We..met, and after the urgencies of each on the other, I consented to undertake the task.

1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xvii. 40 Books..to be returned, in answer to the urgencies of librarians.

1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. iii. v. 254 Belinda,..despite the warm urgencies of the..strangers, retires in favour of her visitors.

Compounds

General attributive, as urgency order, urgency pledge, urgency rate, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [adjective] > urgent > enacted or passed to deal with something urgent

urgency1881

1881 E. W. Hamilton Diary 14 Mar. (1972) I. 116 Another piece of news which took one by surprise was Sir S. Northcote's manifesto deprecating resort to the urgency rules of which Mr. Gladstone had given notice for supply this evening.

1883 T. E. May Law of Parl. (ed. 9) 383 It became necessary to revive the urgency resolution of the 3rd February 1881.

1890 Lunacy Act §11 In cases of urgency where it is expedient..that the alleged lunatic should be forthwith placed under care and treatment, he may be received and detained..upon an urgency order.

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Apr. 5/2 It is said Mrs. Cathcart is confined under an urgency order.

1898 Morley in Daily News 14 Feb. 3/7 The Press agencies..paid what is called an urgency rate—that is about, I think, twenty or thirty times higher than the ordinary Press rate.

1906 R. Whiteing Ring in New 47 Taking in urgency pledges after the closing of the pawn-shops.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	urgency
释义	urgencyn. Brit. /ˈəːdʒ(ə)nsi/, U.S. /ˈərdʒənsi/ Etymology: < urgent adj. (see -ency suffix), or < late Latin urgentia . Compare Italian urgenza , Spanish urgencia , Portuguese urgencia , and urgence n. I. The state of being urgent, and related uses. 1. a. The state, condition, or fact of being urgent; pressing importance; imperativeness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > urgency urgency1540 urgentness1598 urgencec1605 pressingness1661 the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > a need or requirement > urgent or pressing > urgency urgency1540 urgentness1598 urgencec1605 pressingness1661 pressure1812 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 48 §6 If the importaunce or urgency of the cause..so require. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. viii. 66 Only in case of so great vrgencie. 1624 in S. R. Gardiner Documents Impeachm. Duke of Buckingham (1889) 129 Alleadgeing the urgency of the present service. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 63 I told him the Urgency of my Occasions. 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 96 The ascertaining of this point becomes a matter of present urgency. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian I. xi. 335 The urgency of your circumstances. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism i. 7 There are..motives..of far greater force, and these..have a peculiar urgency in reference to the present moment. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt II. xxv. 158 I will not wait for the urgency of necessity. 1877 J. E. Erichsen Sci. & Art Surg. (ed. 7) I. i. 13 The four cases of extreme surgical urgency. b. spec. (See quot. 1884.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > procedure of parliament or national assembly > [noun] > urgency of measure urgency1881 1881 E. W. Hamilton Diary 14 Mar. (1972) I. 116 In consequence of these tactics on the part of the Tories, the Government of course failed this afternoon to get the necessary majority to vote urgency. 1883 T. E. May Law of Parl. (ed. 9) 383 By the aid of these rules of urgency, a serious political crisis had been overcome. 1884 Imperial Dict. IV. 529 In parliament, urgency is when, by a vote of three to one in a house of not less than 300 members, a measure is declared urgent in the interest of the state. 2. Pressure by importunity or entreaty; urgent solicitation; insistence. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency instancec1340 importunityc1425 instancy1515 importunateness?1526 importunacy1548 importancea1555 importancy1576 opportunitya1586 urgencec1592 urgency1611 clamorousnessa1617 pressingness1661 precariousness1666 supplicancy1728 beseechingness1863 imploringness1863 pleadingness1866 demandingness1930 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Importunite, importunitie, vrgencie, earnestnesse. 1735 J. Swift Gulliver Introd. Let., in Wks. III. i By your great and frequent Urgency you prevailed on me to publish. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. iv. 49 This confession..was torn from her by an impetuous urgency. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. x. 160 In spite of all the urgency and entreaties of my letters for a reply. 1882 T. Mozley Reminisc. Oriel I. Introd. 4 At his encouragement and urgency I stood for a Fellowship. 3. Stress of wind, weather, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of > stress of weather anguishc1330 force1614 urgency1660 rack1865 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 12 There was never any tender Nightingale so preserved in the urgencie of the weather. 1859 W. M. Thomson Land & Bk. I. 66 Neither heavy weights.., nor the importunate urgency of the wind, can sway it [sc. a palm-tree] aside from perfect uprightness. 4. Persistence, eagerness. rare. ΚΠ a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 184 And why with less expedition or urgency should we persue the certain means of our present security? 5. Impelling or prompting force or quality. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > quality, force, or power of incitation1656 urgency1816 urgence1874 impellingness1922 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. vii. 149 What she has told you..from no apparent impulse but the urgency of conscience. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 281 The urgency of desire and devotion. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. x. 110 The new urgency of this habitual thought brought a new suggestion. II. Something that promotes urgent action. 6. An urgent need or situation. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > a need or requirement > urgent or pressing necessityc1390 urgency1647 importance1740 demandc1790 stress1822 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. i. 11 Collections through the Kingdom being too slow for such an urgency. 1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 58 The accidental difference..is sometimes (but rarely) two pence in five shillings, or somewhat more in great urgencies. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 63 With sudden speed,..Because of some great urgency and need In their affairs. 1832 Rolls of Parl. Index 467/2 Agrees to respite the Levy..for Two Years,..unless any Urgency should arise. 7. A driving or constraining impulse or motive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates prickleOE pritchOE alighting1340 brodc1375 bellowsc1386 pricka1387 motivec1390 prompting1402 preparativec1450 stirmentc1460 incentive?a1475 fomenta1500 farda1522 instigation1526 pointing1533 swinge1548 spur1551 whetstone1551 goad1567 promptitude1578 alarm1587 inducement1593 solicitor1594 incitement1596 inflammation1597 instance1597 excitement1604 moving spirit1604 heart-blood1606 inflamer1609 rouser1611 stimulator1614 motioner1616 incensivea1618 incitative1620 incitation1622 whettera1625 impulsivea1628 excitation1628 incendiary1628 dispositive1629 fomentationa1631 switch1630 stirrer1632 irritament1634 provocative1638 impetus1641 driving force1642 driving power1642 engagement1642 firer1653 propellant1654 fomentary1657 impulse1660 urgency1664 impeller1686 fillip1699 shove1724 incitive1736 stimulative1747 bonus1787 stimulus1791 impellent1793 stimulant1794 propulsion1800 instigant1833 propulsive1834 motive power1836 evoker1845 motivity1857 afflatus1865 flip1881 urge1882 agent provocateur1888 will to power1896 a shot in the arm1922 motivator1929 driver1971 co-driver1993 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity xx. 76 Pinched betwixt the sense of poverty and quick urgencies of Devotion. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 343 The patient..will still perhaps be tormented with..a perpetual urgency to expulsion. c1830 T. Chalmers Lect. Rom. (1840) lxix. 346 Evil might ensue from unbridled and unreasonable urgencies of talk upon this subject. 1883 D. C. Murray Hearts viii A superstitious reverence for his guest's genius, and its various urgencies. 8. plural. Earnest representations or entreaties; importunities. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > entreaties moana1325 instances1647 urgencies1823 1823 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 376 We..met, and after the urgencies of each on the other, I consented to undertake the task. 1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xvii. 40 Books..to be returned, in answer to the urgencies of librarians. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. iii. v. 254 Belinda,..despite the warm urgencies of the..strangers, retires in favour of her visitors. Compounds General attributive, as urgency order, urgency pledge, urgency rate, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [adjective] > urgent > enacted or passed to deal with something urgent urgency1881 1881 E. W. Hamilton Diary 14 Mar. (1972) I. 116 Another piece of news which took one by surprise was Sir S. Northcote's manifesto deprecating resort to the urgency rules of which Mr. Gladstone had given notice for supply this evening. 1883 T. E. May Law of Parl. (ed. 9) 383 It became necessary to revive the urgency resolution of the 3rd February 1881. 1890 Lunacy Act §11 In cases of urgency where it is expedient..that the alleged lunatic should be forthwith placed under care and treatment, he may be received and detained..upon an urgency order. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Apr. 5/2 It is said Mrs. Cathcart is confined under an urgency order. 1898 Morley in Daily News 14 Feb. 3/7 The Press agencies..paid what is called an urgency rate—that is about, I think, twenty or thirty times higher than the ordinary Press rate. 1906 R. Whiteing Ring in New 47 Taking in urgency pledges after the closing of the pawn-shops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1540
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