insist

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Synonyms: inlist, inist, insis

Antonyms: inlist, inist, insis

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|with ([[that]] + indicative)|or|intransitive|with [[on]] or [[upon]]}} To [[hold up]] a [[claim]] [[emphatic]]ally.
2. {{lb|en|sometimes|with ([[that]] + subjunctive)|or|intransitive|with [[on]] or [[upon]]}} To [[demand]] [[continually]] that something happen or be done; to [[reiterate]] a demand despite requests to [[abandon]] it.
3. {{lb|en|obsolete|chiefly|geometry}} To [[stand]] (on); to [[rest]] (upon); to [[lean]] (upon).

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