insist
To hold up a claim emphatically.
Verb 2 meanings
To hold up a claim emphatically.
“The defendant insisted on his innocence.”
To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
“The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.”
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).
INSIST at a glance
INSIST has 6 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + S 1 + I 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,691 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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