insist

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To say very firmly that something must happen or be done, and refuse to accept no.

   She insisted on paying for the meal.

2. 2
   verb

   To say firmly that something is true, even when others doubt it.

   He insisted that he had locked the door.

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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