[f. next.] The action of urging or fact of being urged or prompted; an impelling motive, force, pressure, etc.
In frequent use from c. 1910.
a. 1618. Sylvester, Forgive us our Trespasses, xxvii. O may it please thy heavenly grace,… That we may pray without all urge; Forgive us, Lord, our debts.
1884. Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 324. O I am sure they really came from Thee, The urge, the ardor, the unconquerable will.
1886. R. W. Gilder, Lyrics, Recognition, i. Creation,… With swift, concentric, never ceasing urge, Resolving gradual to one disk of fire.
1914. J. L. Paton, J. B. Paton, xviii. 317. Every good deed is bound to grow. There is an inward urge that forces it upwards.
