Associations to the word «Insist»
Noun
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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.