Insist
/ɪnˈsɪst/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To hold up a claim emphatically.
"The defendant insisted on his innocence."
- 2 postulate positively and assertively wordnet
- 3 To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it. sometimes
"The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation."
- 4 beg persistently and urgently wordnet
- 5 To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon). obsolete
"Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles."
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- 6 be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge wordnet
Example
More examples"You insist upon our taking that course of action."
Etymology
Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence. Compare typologically from the same PIE root Bulgarian настоявам (nastojavam), Russian наста́ивать (nastáivatʹ).