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insist

verb
/ɪnˈsɪst/

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).

  1. derived from īnsistō
  2. borrowed from insister

Definitions

  1. To hold up a claim emphatically.

    • The defendant insisted on his innocence.
    • I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.
    • But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.

  2. To demand continually that something happen or be done

    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.
    • I insist that my secretary dress nicely.

  3. To stand (on)

    To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

    • Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at insist. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at insist. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at insist

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA