Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
URGE
I. verb (urged; urging) see: wreak
Date: circa 1555
transitive verb to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly , to undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm ,
3. solicit , entreat , to serve as a motive or reason for , to force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed , stimulate , provoke , intransitive verb to declare, advance, or press earnestly a statement, argument, charge, or claim , urger noun
II. noun
Date: circa 1618
the act or process of urging, a force or impulse that urges