intransitive verb. To be resolute or firm in a demand or course.

intransitive verb. To assert or demand (something) firmly or persistently.

To stand or rest; find support: with on or upon.

To rest, dwell, or dilate earnestly or repeatedly; urge: with on or upon: as, I must insist upon your coming.

To assert or argue emphatically; express a desire or a belief with urgency or persistence.

To be urgent in action; proceed persistently; persevere.

intransitive verb. To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.

intransitive verb. To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that

verb. To hold up a claim emphatically.

verb. To demand continually that something happen or be done.

verb. To stand on; to rest upon; to lean upon. Used especially as a technical term in geometry.

verb. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

verb. beg persistently and urgently

verb. assert to be true

"'I think I know more about that than you do,' replied Joel, with an air which would have done credit to a _diplomat_, 'and, I assure you, Ellen will _not_ be left penniless; and if you will insist on her going with you for a short time -- mind, I say _insist_ -- I promise before long to make certain disclosures which will satisfy you as to my assertion."

insisted  insisting  

posit  postulate  

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Liszt  assist  cist  coexist  consist  

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advocate  affirm  allege  announce  annunciate  

insisted  insistently  insisting  insists