transitive. To draw (a person or thing) in a specified direction or into a specified position or state, as by the exertion of a dragging or tugging…

To urge, press hard; to drive, drive away. Obsolete.

To use force upon; to press hard upon. Also figurative to press hard upon, urge, with arguments, taunts, entreaties, etc. Obsolete.

transitive. To impel or try to impel to action; to constrain; to force. Now rare except as merged with weaker sense ‘urge, try to persuade’ at 14b.

figurative. To put (a person) forcibly into some condition or course of action (usually against his own will); reflexive to put oneself rashly…

transitive. To drive, force, or constrain (a person) to some action, or to do something, by acting upon his mind or feelings; to urge on, incite.

To serve or act as a constraining influence on (something); to bear pressingly on; to spur, actuate, or constrain.

To force, challenge, or require (a person) to do something indicated by the context. Usually in passive.

transitive. To press, drive, urge. Also intransitive. Obsolete.

In various phrases. to lay weight upon: †to urge (a person) to do something (obsolete); to attach importance or value to.

transitive. In weakened use: to badger (a person) to do something. Also: to distract (a person) from doing something. Obsolete. rare.