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insist

/ insist /

verb

verb Sense 1

assert to be true

"The letter asserts a free society"

Type of:

postulate posit

Derived:

affirmation assertion statement

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

verb Sense 2

be insistent and refuse to budge

"I must insist!"

Kinds of:

stand pat stand firm hold firm stand fast assert

Derived:

insistence insisting

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s PP

verb Sense 3

beg persistently and urgently

"I importune you to help them"

Type of:

beg implore pray

Kinds of:

besiege

Derived:

imperativeness insistence insistency instancy insisting

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something with something

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