An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
URGE
urge, itch
(noun) a strong restless desire; “why this urge to travel?”
urge, impulse
(noun) an instinctive motive; “profound religious impulses”
urge, urge on, press, exhort
(verb) force or impel in an indicated direction; “I urged him to finish his studies”
cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up
(verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; “The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers”
recommend, urge, advocate
(verb) push for something; “The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
urge (plural urges)
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
Verb
urge (third-person singular simple present urges, present participle urging, simple past and past participle urged)
(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
(transitive) To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
(transitive) To provoke; to exasperate.
(transitive) To press hard upon; to follow closely.
(transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
(transitive, obsolete) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
(transitive) To press onward or forward.
(transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Synonyms
• animate
• incite
• impel
• instigate
• stimulate
• encourage
Anagrams
• Guer., Ruge, geru, grue, regu
Source: Wiktionary
Urge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Urged; p. pr. & vb. n. Urging.] Etym: [L. urgere; akin to E. wreak. See Wreak, v. t.]
1. To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight. Pope.
2. To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. My brother never Did urge me in his act; I did inquire it. Shak.
3. To provoke; to exasperate. [R.] Urge not my father's anger. Shak.
4. To press hard upon; to follow closely Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. Pope.
5. To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
6. To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat.
Syn.
– To animate; incite; impel; instigate; stimulate; encourage.
Urge, v. i.
1. To press onward or forward. [R.]
2. To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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