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verb (used without object)
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 followed by on or upon): to insist on a point in a discussion.
verb (used with object)
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.
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Insisted
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Origin:
1580–90; < Latin insistere to stand still on, persist in, equivalent to in- in-2 + sistere to stand, make stand, reduplicated derivative from base of stāre to stand
1580–90; < Latin insistere to stand still on, persist in, equivalent to in- in-2 + sistere to stand, make stand, reduplicated derivative from base of stāre to stand
Related forms
in·sist·er, noun
in·sist·ing·ly, adverb
o·ver·in·sist, verb (used without object)
re·in·sist, verb (used without object)
su·per·in·sist, verb (used without object)
Synonyms
5. urge, require.
5. urge, require.
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Word Origin & History
insist
1586, from L. insistere "persist, dwell upon, stand upon," from in- "upon" + sistere "take a stand" (see assist). Insistence is attested from 1436.
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