Associations to the word «Insist»
Noun
- Staying
- Insisting
- Paying
- Refuse
- Entreaty
- Insistence
- Deni
- Observance
- Seeing
- Keeping
- Adherence
- Restitution
- Reparation
- Necessity
- Objection
- Calling
- Politeness
- Obedience
- Smiley
- Formality
- Treating
- Dinah
- Denial
- Refusal
- Reject
- Contrary
- Soviets
- Ladyship
- Lutheran
- Consent
- Innocence
- Spite
- Propriety
- Baptism
- Secrecy
- Precedent
- Kant
- Locke
- Bringing
- Deference
- Neutrality
- Impossibility
- Must
- Persuasion
- Belisarius
- Concession
- Orthodoxy
- Proponent
- Justification
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
INSIST, verb. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
INSIST, verb. (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.
INSIST, verb. (obsolete) (chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
Dictionary definition
INSIST, verb. Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!".
INSIST, verb. Beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them".
INSIST, verb. Assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society".
Wise words
Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable
fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those
symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated
by the inaudible language of the heart.