urger

From urge + -er.

urger (plural urgers)

1. 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 […]

• Ruger, regur

Back-formation from urgent; compare Latin urgeō.

• IPA^(key): /yʁ.ʒe/

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urger

1. (usually impersonal, informal) to be urgent

   Synonym: presser

   Dépêche-toi, ça urge ! ― Hurry up, it's urgent!

2. to hurry, to incite

   Synonym: presser

   • 2024 September 11, Greenpeace, À vélo pour la protection de la nature !‎^[1]:

     Face à la crise climatique et au déclin dramatique de la biodiversité, nous urgeons les gouvernements de respecter les engagements en matière de protection et de restauration de la nature et de réglementer les banques et autres institutions financières qui continuent d’injecter des milliards dans des entreprises qui risquent de détruire la biodiversité.

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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.

• “urger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012