insist
/ɪnˈsɪst/ · verb
Meaning
- (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
- (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.
- To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
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