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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: insistent adj 1: persistently continual; "the bluejay's insistent cry" [syn: {repetitive}] 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}, {crying}, {exigent}, {instant}]
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