| URGE | • urge n. A strong desire; an itch to do something. • urge v. (Transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward. • urge v. (Transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity. |
| GURGE | • gurge v. (Obsolete) To swallow up. • gurge n. (Obsolete outside heraldry) Synonym of gurges (“whirlpool”). • GURGE v. to swirl. |
| PURGE | • purge n. An act of purging. • purge n. (Medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting. • purge n. A cleansing of pipes. |
| SURGE | • surge n. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase. • surge n. The maximum amplitude of a vehicle’s forward/backward oscillation. • surge n. (Electricity) A sudden electrical spike or increase of voltage and current. |
| GLURGE | • glurge n. (Slang) oversentimental stories with a moral, often with hidden negative undertones. • GLURGE n. supposedly factual stories sent by email, often mawkish and fabricated. |
| REURGE | • reurge v. (Transitive) To urge again. • REURGE v. to press strongly. |
| SPURGE | • spurge n. Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species. • spurge v. (Intransitive) To emit foam; to froth; said of the emission of yeast from beer during fermentation. • SPURGE n. a plant of genus Euphorbia, usually having a milky juice which yields powerful emetic and cathartic products. |
| EXPURGE | • expurge v. (Transitive, obsolete) To purge away. • EXPURGE v. to purge away. |
| RESURGE | • resurge v. To rise again; to go through a period of renewed vigor or vitality. • resurge n. A resurgence. • RESURGE v. to rise again. |
| SCOURGE | • scourge n. A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction. • scourge n. A means to inflict such pain or destruction. • scourge v. To strike with a scourge; to flog. |
| SPLURGE | • splurge v. (Transitive, intransitive, informal) To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush. • splurge v. (Colloquial) To spend lavishly or extravagantly, especially money. • splurge v. To produce an extravagant or ostentatious display. |
| UPSURGE | • upsurge n. A sudden strong rise or flow. • upsurge v. (Intransitive) to surge up, or to become stronger or greater. • UPSURGE v. to surge up. |
| DEMIURGE | • demiurge n. (Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter. • demiurge n. (Gnosticism) A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being… • demiurge n. (Figuratively) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative… |
| OVERURGE | • overurge v. (Transitive) To urge excessively. • OVERURGE v. to urge too much. |
| DRAMATURGE | • dramaturge n. (Rare, theater) Someone who writes or adapts theater plays, a playwright, dramatist, especially one… • dramaturge n. (Rare, theater) A literary adviser or editor in a theater, opera, or film company that researches, selects… • dramaturge v. (Transitive, intransitive, rare, theater) To act as a dramaturge. |
| THAUMATURGE | • thaumaturge n. A performer of thaumaturgy; a performer of miracles; a magician. • THAUMATURGE n. a performer of miracles, esp. a magician. |