单词 | urger |
释义 | urgern. 1. a. One who urges or incites. Also with on. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > one who incites or instigates prickera1382 stirrerc1384 enticerc1386 exciter1387 risera1398 solicitor1412 erterc1440 prompter1440 stirrer?1533 motionerc1535 author1546 onsetter1549 stinger1552 setter-on1560 incentor1570 incensora1575 mover1578 whetter1579 out-hounder1596 hounder1597 egger on1598 inciter1598 instigator1598 urger1598 motive1600 fomenter1607 inflamer1609 fetcher in?1611 provokera1616 putter-ona1616 monitor1616 spurrer1632 outputter1639 poddera1640 commoter1646 impulsor1653 shaker and mover1874 agent provocateur1888 impeller1889 sooler1935 spark plug1941 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scongiuratore, a conspirer, a coniurer, an vrger. 1605 W. Bradshaw Eng. Puritanisme v. 29 They hould that such an ooth (on the vrgers part) is most damnable. 1659 F. Osborne Misc. 149 I confesse Necessity cannot onely abate the Edge of these Reasons; but turne their Poynts against the Urger. 1704 T. D'Urfey Broken Commands in Tales 282 'Twas past all Bounds before, And needed not an urger on. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxix. 274 To what end is a promise..obtained, if the urger suspects not the fitness of his addresses. 1837 B. D. Walsh tr. Aristophanes Knights iv. i, in Comedies 249 The urgers-on of nimble steeds. 1892 Temple Bar Dec. 496 Scott..was the tempter and urger in a ruinous policy. 1903 T. Hardy Dynasts i. vi. iii The Eternal Urger, pressing change on change. b. A man who obtains money illegally or discreditably, esp. as a tipster at a racecourse. Australian slang. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > tout or tipster touter1812 prophet1843 tipster1861 tout1864 urger1919 race-reader1926 1919 V. Marshall World of Living Dead 69 The truly light-fingered gentry, the racecourse urger (tip slinger), the magsman..never hesitate to express their contempt for the more roughly inclined of the profession. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 21 Mar. 40/3 He was a tout or an urger, I gathered. ‘Mixed up in racecourses,’ was the way she put it. 1960 A. Kimmins Lugs O'Leary v. 74 ‘An urger,’ explained Lugs patiently, ‘is a man who looks around for suckers like you and tips each one a different horse. Someone's got to win.’ 2. An instigator or advocate, an earnest supporter or presenter, of something. Now rare.In frequent use c1620–1670. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > specifically of a cause, principle, or practice sustainer?a1439 patron1466 favourer1542 urger1574 patriot1631 espouser1645 advocater1647 voucher1677 protagonist1880 1574 Brieff Disc. Troubles Franckford p. ccxv From whose..pennes, the vrgers of theis [letters] receiued first the light off the gospell. 1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 39 Marcus Cato, the perpetuall urger of the destruction thereof. 1640 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 114 The Author and Urger of some Particular Changes. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 209 The Urgers of the forementioned Objection. 1847 Coventry Dick in Brown Horæ Subs. (1882) 406 Nought detains the urger of these pleas, But dinners. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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