Thesaurus: insist

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1. v. i. To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
2. v. i. 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.
3. v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
4. v. beg persistently and urgently
5. v. postulate positively and assertively
6. v:100 v. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge v. assert to be true