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Insist

//ɪnˈsɪst// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To hold up a claim emphatically.

    "The defendant insisted on his innocence."

  2. 2
    postulate positively and assertively wordnet
  3. 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. 4
    beg persistently and urgently wordnet
  5. 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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  1. 6
    be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge wordnet

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).

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