- 1
To hold up a claim emphatically.
- The defendant insisted on his innocence.
- I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.
- 2
To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.sometimes
- The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.
- The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.
- 3
To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).obsolete
- Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.
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