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| 1. | [ verb ] be insistent and refuse to budge | |
| Synonyms: | take_a_firm_stand | |
| Examples: | "I must insist!" |
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| Related terms: | assert stand_pat insistence | |
| 2. | [ verb ] beg persistently and urgently | |
| Synonyms: | importune | |
| Examples: | "I importune you to help them" |
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| Related terms: | beg besiege imperativeness | |
| 3. | [ verb ] assert to be true | |
| Synonyms: | assert | |
| Examples: | "The letter asserts a free society" |
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| Related terms: | postulate affirmation | |
| Similar spelling: |
insisting insistent ingest incest insight ingesta inquest ingested Inachis incus injustice ingestion in_sight incise |
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