urgingn.
/ˈəːdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈərdʒɪŋ/ The action of the verb; an instance of this.
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the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > exhortation
admonishmentc1275
instancec1340
exhortationc1384
exhortc1475
enhortment1477
enhorting1483
exhorting1490
adhortation1536
hortationc1540
exhortary1584
urging1615
cohortation1642
exhortancea1662
adjuration1782
evangelism1908
1615 S. Hieron Dignitie of Preaching in Wks. (1620) I. 606 It is by such vrgings as this, which..it pleaseth Him to make effectuall.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 351 Her vrging of her wracke at sea.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxv. 133 [It] is manifest enough, by the long and vehement urging.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. at Importunity An eager pressing or urging.
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice III. x. v. 197 After repeated conferences and urgings.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. vi. xlv. 301 A painful urging of something vague and difficult.
1897 ‘O. Rhoscomyl’ For White Rose Arno (U.K. ed.) 82 One whose vigorous urgings to immediate action had [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
urgingadj.
/ˈəːdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈərdʒɪŋ/ 1.
a. That serves as a motive or impelling cause; that constrains, or actuates; inciting, spurring, stimulating, strongly prompting; compelling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating
stirring1421
movingc1443
provokingc1443
incitative1490
urgent1559
propulsory1585
pricking1592
pulsive1602
incentive1603
incitatory1610
urging1612
animalizing1617
impellent1620
irritant1636
instigative1644
propulsive1648
promptive1653
parastatic1656
exstimulatory1657
impulsory1659
appelling1666
irritative1686
instigating1702
spurring1702
stimulatinga1732
stimulatory1758
impulsive1788
stimulant1803
stimulative1836
exertivea1856
inciting1855
incitant1886
incitive1888
on-driving1927
incitory1941
1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion vi. Illustr. 106 If it be the same with Lyra, as some thinke, although vrging reason and authority are to the contrary.
1668 J. Owen Nature Indwelling-sin ii. 16 It is..an inbred, working, impelling, urging Law.
1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 7 Aldo...How stand thy affections to her, thou lusty Rogue? Wood. All o'fire: a most urging Creature!
1723 Pres. State Russia II. 273 Causes..weighty and urging enough for Russia to begin a War.
1728 J. Swift Let. to Abp. of Dublin ⁋22 We shall..sacrifice all honesty to the present urging advantage.
1802 J. Wolcot Island of Innocence 63 The sportive fry,..leaping oft as urging hunger calls, Meet the dropp'd crumb.
1870 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1871) 322 It is a useful urging force.
b. dialect. Of words: Taunting, irritating.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective] > irritating
stinginga1250
provocativea1600
nettling1607
provokinga1643
provocating1651
urging1655
aggravating1685
irritating1707
piquing1794
enfevering1799
naggy1825
exasperative1837
raspish1854
exasperating1858
nagging1859
riling1860
provocatory1870
irritative1878
enraging1880
irritant1885
naggish1885
antagonizing1896
teasy1901
soddish1922
pissy1930
jerk1947
needling1958
1655 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1887) V. A Sumersides yeoman [tried] for giving scandallous, urginge and provoking words.
c. Strongly operative or active.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > of action: involving or requiring vigour > vigorous or intense in operation
strongeOE
smartc1300
steevec1300
keen1340
piercinga1400
perceantc1400
forta1513
incisive1528
vigorous1548
forcible1555
emphatical1581
searching1590
nervous1616
strenuous1632
arrowy1650
intent1650
urging1658
sinewous1663
emphatic1689
drastic1808
needling1839
shrewd1842
gimlet1894
1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 43 How slender a masse will remain upon an open and urging fire of the carnall composition.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > urgent
urgent1496
instant1585
pressing1609
rash1609
pressive1619
imperative1621
imperious1623
exigent1624
urging1647
emergent1706
high pressure1834
acute1846
the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [adjective] > urgent
urgent1496
thronga1525
crying1608
pressing1609
rash1609
pressive1619
urging1647
immergent1655
emergent1706
acute1846
1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 49 It would be very easie, this urging necessity once past, to moderate..the..power of the Duke of Guise.
1683 J. Howe Union among Protestants in Wks. (1863) IV. 261 The case was at that time urging and important.
1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 150 If at any time some urging occasions require them to become entangled in secular affairs.
Derivatives
ˈurgingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [adverb] > incitingly
stirringly1382
provokingly1615
pungitively1617
impulsively1825
incitingly1856
urginglyc1882
stimulatingly1927
the mind > will > motivation > [adverb] > incitingly > in exhortative manner
permissively1586
exhortativelya1684
hortatively1882
urginglyc1882
c1882 ‘M. Twain’ Speeches (1923) 104 I say it beseechingly, urgingly.
1893 Temple Bar 97 524 She instinctively and urgingly clapped her hands to a faster tune.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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