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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“against, upon”) + urgeō (“I press, I push”).
Pronunciation
Verb
inurgeō (present infinitive inurgēre); second conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to push or thrust against
- (literally, physically): to thrust (something concrete) forward so as to cause interference: to impose (upon), to obtrude
- (metonymically): to force (either oneself, or something abstract or conceptual) upon another person in an inconveniencing manner, especially to elicit some behavior: to impose (oneself) upon; to goad, to incite, to instigate, to provoke
Conjugation
References
- “inurgeo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inurgeo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.