VERG-,
to press, push, force, drive, impel, urge
: unda impellitur undā Urgueturque eadem veniens
urguetque priorem, O.: urgueris
turbā circum te stante, H.: urgues
ruiturum saxum, i. e.
roll up
, O.: in obnixos urguentur cornua,
V.—
Poet. intrans.
: urguent ad litora fluctūs,
press
, V.—
To press upon, weigh down, bear hard upon, press hard, beset
: legionem urgueri ab hoste, Cs.:
hinc Pallas instat et urguet Hinc contra Lausus,
V.: te, H.—
To weigh down, burden, oppress, clog
: onus iam urguentis senectutis: Quod latus mundi malus
Iuppiter urget, H.: urgeri longā
Nocte, H.: populus militiā atque
inopiā urguebatur, S.: urguens
malum.—
To urge, press, stimulate, drive, solicit
: Milo unus urgebat: etiam atque etiam insto atque urgeo:
nihil urget,
is pressing.—To press upon, crowd, hem in, confine
: urbem hanc urbe aliā: Quāque
pharetratae vicinia Persidis urguet, V.—Fig.,
to press, ply, urge, insist
: interrogando: illum neque ursi, neque levavi: sed urguetis
hominum esse istam culpam non deorum.—
To follow up, keep to, stick to, ply hard, push forward, urge on, drive
: istam occasionem et facultatem: ius, aequitatem:
Minyeīa proles Urget opus, O.: vestem, V.: Urget diem nox,
H.: forum, i. e.
frequent
: altum,
plunge into
, H.: Marisque urges Submovere litora,
hasten
, H.: abrumpi dissimulationem urgebat,
insisted
, Ta.
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