insist
verb
1 insist
Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge:
— I must insist!.
synonym: take a firm stand.
Roget 476:
reason,
argue,
discuss,
debate,
dispute,
wrangle†,
argufy†,
bandy words,
bandy arguments;
chop logic;
hold an argument,
carry on an argument;
controvert
etc.
(deny)
536;
canvass;
comment upon,
moralize upon;
spiritualize;
consider
etc.
(examine)
461.
open a discussion,
open a case;
try conclusions;
join issue,
be at issue;
moot;
come to the point;
stir a question,
agitate a question,
ventilate a question,
torture a question;
take up a side,
take up a case.
contend,
take one's stand upon,
insist,
lay stress on;
infer
etc.
480.
follow from
etc.
(demonstration)
478.
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2 insist
Beg persistently and urgently.
synonym: importune.
3 insist
Postulate positively and assertively.
synonym: assert.
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