Associations to the word «Insist»
Noun
- Staying
- Insisting
- Paying
- Refuse
- Entreaty
- Insistence
- Deni
- Observance
- Seeing
- Keeping
- Adherence
- Restitution
- Reparation
- Necessity
- Objection
- Calling
- Politeness
- Obedience
- Smiley
- Formality
- Treating
- Dinah
- Denial
- Refusal
- Reject
- Contrary
- Soviets
- Ladyship
- Lutheran
- Consent
- Innocence
- Spite
- Propriety
- Baptism
- Secrecy
- Precedent
- Kant
- Locke
- Bringing
- Deference
- Neutrality
- Impossibility
- Must
- Persuasion
- Belisarius
- Concession
- Orthodoxy
- Proponent
- Justification
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
INSIST, verb. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
INSIST, verb. (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.
INSIST, verb. (obsolete) (chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
Dictionary definition
INSIST, verb. Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!".
INSIST, verb. Beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them".
INSIST, verb. Assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society".
Wise words
Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your
words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your
character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.