insist

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪst/

The English word “insist” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To hold up a claim emphatically.
To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

Etymology

Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence. Compare typologically from the same PIE root Bulgarian настоявам (nastojavam), Russian наста́ивать (nastáivatʹ).

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More English words

insipidness
insipience
insipient
insipiently
insistence
insistency
insistent
insistently

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