Lewis Short
(verb) : pĕr-urgĕo, ursi, 2
* To press upon greatly, to oppress, distress: cum Aureolus perurgeret Illyrium, Treb. Gall. 5; Amm. 29, 1, 18: eum,Vulg. 1 Macc. 9, 7.
* In gen., to press or urge greatly: aliquem ad capessendam rem publicam,Suet. Tib. 25: festinationem, Treb. Trig. Tyr. 33, 8: sacra,to take great pains with, to apply one's self earnestly to,Auct. Aetn. 226.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary