'Insist' definitions:
Definition of 'insist'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!" [syn: insist, take a firm stand]
verb
Beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" [syn: importune, insist]
verb
Assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" [syn: insist, assert]
Definition of 'Insist'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon. [R.] --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Insisting on the old prerogative. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advocate,
- affirm,
- allege,
- announce,
- annunciate,
- argue,
- assert,
- assever,
- asseverate,
- aver,
- avouch,
- avow,
- blandish,
- brook no denial,
- cajole,
- call for,
- call on,
- call upon,
- coax,
- command,
- contend,
- declare,
- demand,
- dwell on,
- emphasize,
- enunciate,
- exhort,
- expostulate,
- express,
- force upon,
- have,
- high-pressure,
- hold,
- importune,
- insist on,
- insist upon,
- issue a manifesto,
- jawbone,
- lay down,
- lobby,
- maintain,
- manifesto,
- nag,
- persist,
- plead with,
- ply,
- ply upon,
- predicate,
- press,
- press upon,
- pressure,
- proclaim,
- profess,
- pronounce,
- protest,
- push,
- push upon,
- put,
- put it,
- recommend,
- remonstrate,
- require,
- say,
- set down,
- soft-soap,
- speak,
- speak out,
- speak up,
- stand for,
- stand on,
- state,
- stick to,
- stress,
- submit,
- sweet-talk,
- take no denial,
- thrust upon,
- urge,
- urge upon,
- vow,
- wheedle,
- work on