[in-sist] 
| 1. | to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment. |
| 2. | to lay emphasis in assertion: to insist on the justice of a claim. |
| 3. | to dwell with earnestness or emphasis (usually fol. by on or upon): to insist on a point in a discussion. |
| 4. | to assert or maintain firmly: He insists that he saw the ghosts. |
| 5. | to demand or persist in demanding: I insist that you see this thing through. |
