urge
verb
[ ˈəːdʒ ]
• try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.
• "he urged her to come and stay with us"
urge
noun
• a strong desire or impulse.
• "he felt the urge to giggle"
Similar:
desire,
wish,
need,
impulse,
compulsion,
longing,
yearning,
hankering,
craving,
appetite,
hunger,
thirst,
lust,
fancy,
yen,
itch,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin urgere ‘press, drive’.
