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
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and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.