Urging: alternatives and connections

The act of pleading for or supporting; work of advocating; intercession.

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The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.

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To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

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To incite by words or advice; to animate or urge by arguments, as to a good deed or laudable conduct; to address exhortation to; to urge strongly; he…

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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of Goad

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The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.

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A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.

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of Prod

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A sparrow.

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of Spur

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The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

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