Meanings (ES + gloss)
aguijar • aguijonear • ahincar • alentar • apremiar • apresurar • arrear • empujar • espolear • impeler • impulsar • incitar • instar • jalear • presionar • urgir
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
Lo hapless Tydeus, whose ill-fated hand / Had slain his brother, leaves his native land, / And seized with horror in the shades of night, / Through the thick deserts headlong urged…
No longer do we tack and tack obediently to the demand of the Valkyries. A new power urges our ships independently of wind and tide. With the growth of steam power the crowning glo…
incitar • provocar
To provoke; to exasperate.
“I can answer a civil question civilly,” said the youth ; “and will pay fitting respect to your age, if you do not urge my patience with mockery. Since I have been here in France a…
instar
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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