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Webster 1913 Edition
Urger
Ur′ger
,Noun.
One who urges.
Beau. & Fl.
Webster 1828 Edition
Urger
URG'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
urger
urger
English
Noun
urger (plural urgers)
- One who urges.
- 1844, Andrew Stevenson, The history of the church and state of Scotland (page 195)
- […] the contrivers, maintainers, and urgers of the service-book, and other grievous innovations […]
- 1844, Andrew Stevenson, The history of the church and state of Scotland (page 195)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Back-formation from urgent; compare Latin urgeō.
Verb
urger
- (usually impersonal) To be urgent.
- Dépêche-toi, ça urge ! — Hurry up, it's urgent!
Usage notes
- Do not confuse this verb with the English to urge, which is usually transitive and has an active subject.
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written urge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger. This verb is impersonal and is conjugated only in the third-person singular. Personal forms are occasionally found, and conjugate like manger.
Conjugation of urger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | urger | avoir urgé | |||||
| gerund | en urgeant | en ayant urgé | |||||
| present participle | urgeant /yʁ.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | urgé /yʁ.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | urge /yʁʒ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect | — | — | urgeait /yʁ.ʒɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| past historic1 | — | — |
urgea /yʁ.ʒa/ |
— | — | — | |
| future | — | — | urgera /yʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
— | — | — | |
| conditional | — | — | urgerait /yʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | urge /yʁʒ/ |
— | — | — |
| imperfect1 | — | — |
urgeât /yʁ.ʒa/ |
— | — | — | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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