insist
(verb)
verb
1. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
- I must insist!
Definition categories: communication
2. beg persistently and urgently
Similar word(s): importune
Definition categories: communication, beg, implore, pray
3. postulate positively and assertively
Similar word(s): assert
Definition categories: cognition, posit, postulate
Sentences with insist as a verb:
- The defendant insisted on his innocence.
- I insist that my secretary dresses nicely. (I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)
- The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.
- The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.
- I insist that my secretary dress nicely.