— insister , n. — insistingly , adv.
/in sist"/ , v.i.
1. to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
2. to lay emphasis in assertion: to insist on the justice of a claim.
3. to dwell with earnestness or emphasis (usually fol. by on or upon ): to insist on a point in a discussion.
v.t.
4. to assert or maintain firmly: He insists that he saw the ghosts.
5. to demand or persist in demanding: I insist that you see this thing through.
[ 1580-90; insistere to stand still on, persist in, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + sistere to STAND, make stand, reduplicated deriv. from base of stare to stand ]
Syn. 5. urge, require.