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insist

in·sist

UK/ɪnˈsɪst/ US/ˌɪˈnsɪst/ common

verb

1.

be insistent and refuse to budge

  • “I must insist!”
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2.

beg persistently and urgently

  • “I importune you to help them”
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3.

assert to be true

  • “The letter asserts a free society”
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Origin

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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