Insist /(?)/

In·sist

Insist

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Insisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insisting

  1. To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon. [R.]
  2. To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
    Insisting on the old prerogative.
    Without further insisting on the different tempers of Juvenal and Horace.