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in⋅sist⋅ent

   [in-sis-tuhnt]
–adjective
1. earnest or emphatic in dwelling upon, maintaining, or demanding something; persistent; pertinacious.
2. compelling attention or notice: an insistent tone.
Origin:
1615–25; < L insistent- (s. of in-sistēns), prp. of insistere. See insist, -ent
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in·sis·tent     (ĭn-sĭs'tənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Firm in asserting a demand or an opinion; unyielding.
  2. Demanding attention or a response: insistent hunger.
  3. Repetitive and persistent: the jay's insistent cry.

in·sis'tent·ly adv.
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insistent

adjective
1. repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry" 
2. demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: clamant] 

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Insistent

In*sist"ent\, a. [L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere.]

1. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall. --Sir H. Wotton.

2. Insisting; persistent; persevering.

3. (Zo["o]l.) See Incumbent.

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