[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. |
| in·sist (ĭn-sĭst') v. in·sist·ed, in·sist·ing, in·sists v. intr. To be firm in a demand or course; refuse to yield: insisted on giving me a second helping. v. tr. To assert or demand (something) vehemently and persistently: We insist that you accept these gifts. [Latin īnsistere, to persist : in-, on; see in-2 + sistere, to stand; see stā- in Indo-European roots.] in·sis'tence, in·sis'ten·cy n., in·sist'er n., in·sist'ing·ly adv. |
