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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insist \In*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Insisted}; p. pr & vb
n. {Insisting}.] [F. insister, L. insistere to set foot upon
follow persist; pref. in- in + sistere to stand cause to
stand See {Stand}.]
1. To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in on or
upon [R.] --Ray.
2. 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 as he insisted on these conditions;
he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have
money.
Insisting on the old prerogative. --Shak.
Without further insisting on the different tempers
of Juvenal and Horace. --Dryden.
Syn: {Insist}, {Persist}.
Usage: Insist implies some alleged right as authority or
claim. Persist may be from obstinacy alone, and either
with or against rights. We insist as against others
we persist in what exclusively relates to ourselves
as he persisted in that course; he insisted on his
friend's adopting it --C. J. Smith.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
insist
v 1: be insistent and refuse to budge; "I must insist!" [syn: {take
a firm stand}]
2: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help
them" [syn: {importune}]
3: assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" [syn:
{assert}]
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