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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. solicit, plead, importune, advocate, exhort, incite, instigate; press, push. —n. impulse, desire, ambition. See necessity, request, cause.

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(Roget's IV) v.

1. [To present favorably]

Syn. favor, further, support, speak for, propose, plead for, advance, rationalize, aid, recommend, endorse, ratify, confirm, promote, sanction, approve, commend, countenance.

Ant. discourage, prohibit, impede.

2. [To induce]

Syn. charge, beg, plead, adjure, influence, beseech, implore, ask, command, entreat, deSire, request, press, importune, inveigle, talk into, incite, move, allure, tempt, attract, influence, prompt, instigate, exhort, advise, solicit, inspire, stimulate, conjure, coax, wheedle, maneuver, draw, put up to, prevail upon.

Ant. restrain*, deter, discourage.

3. [To drive]

Syn. compel, drive, propel, impel, force, coerce, constrain, press, push, make, oblige, goad, prod, spur.

Ant. deny*, block, withhold.

Syn.- urge implies a strong effort to persuade someone to do something, as by entreaty, argument, or forceful recommendation [ he urged us to leave ] ; exhort implies an earnest urging or admonishing to action or conduct considered proper or right [ the minister exhorted his flock to work for peace ] ; press suggests a continuous, insistent urging that is difficult to resist [ we pressed her to stay ] ; importune implies persistent efforts to break down resistance against a demand or request, often to the point of being annoying or wearisome [ too proud to importune for help ]

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

drive, yearning, desire, hunger, longing, impulse, craving, compulsion, yen, passion, hankering, stimulus, goad.

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v.

1. encourage press, push for, implore, plead, exhort, beg, beseech, advocate, entreat, ask, solicit.

2. stimulate provoke, incite, push, drive, force, spur, accelerate, speed.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To solicit (something) insistently: insist, press. See CONTINUE, SEEK. 2. To impel to action: exhort, press. See CAUSE, PUSH.