insist.
To hold up a claim emphatically.
Meaning & usage
To hold up a claim emphatically.
The defendant insisted on his innocence.
I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.
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.
The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.
To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
Where this word comes from
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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