insist on
verb
Roget 741:
command,
order,
decree,
enact,
ordain,
dictate,
direct,
give orders.
prescribe,
set,
appoint,
mark out;
set a task,
prescribe a task,
impose a task;
set to work,
put in requisition.
bid,
enjoin,
charge,
call upon,
instruct;
require at the hands of;
exact,
impose,
tax,
task;
demand;
insist on
etc.
(compel)
744.
claim,
lay claim to,
revendicate†,
reclaim.
cite,
summon;
call for,
send for;
subpoena;
beckon.
issue a command;
make a requisition,
issue a requisition,
promulgate a requisition,
make a decree,
issue a decree,
promulgate a decree,
make an order,
issue an order,
promulgate an order
etc.
n.;
give the word of command,
give the word,
give the signal;
call to order;
give the law,
lay down the law;
assume the command
etc.
(authority)
737;
remand.
be ordered
&c.;
receive an order
etc.
n..
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Roget 924:
be due
etc.
adj..
to,
be the due
etc.
n..
of;
have right to,
have title to,
have claim to;
be entitled to;
have a claim upon;
belong to
etc.
(property)
780.
deserve,
merit,
be worthy of,
richly deserve.
demand,
claim;
call upon for,
come upon for,
appeal to for;
revendicate†,
reclaim;
exact;
insist on,
insist upon;
challenge;
take one's stand,
make a point of,
require,
lay claim to,
assert,
assume,
arrogate,
make good;
substantiate;
vindicate a claim,
vindicate a right;
fit for,
qualify for;
make out a case.
give a right,
confer a right;
entitle;
authorize
etc.
760;
sanctify,
legalize,
ordain,
prescribe,
allot.
give every one his due
etc.
922;
pay one's dues;
have one's due,
have one's rights.
use a right,
assert,
enforce,
put in force,
lay under contribution.
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