Definizione monolingua

insist

insist (third-person singular simple present insists, present participle insisting, simple past and past participle insisted)

1. (with on or upon) to hold up a claim emphatically.

   The defendant insisted on his innocence.

2. (with on or upon) to demand continually that something happen or be done.

   The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor to resign.

3. (obsolete) To stand on; to rest upon; to lean upon. Used especially as a technical term in geometry.
   • 1709: Venturus Mandey, Synopsis Mathematica Universalis

     Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.

Definizione dizionario insist

	insistere
	Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge.

accelerare

asserire

esigere

impuntarsi

ostinare

ostinarsi

persistere

premere

richiedere

serrare

sostenere

stringere

Altri significati:

to hold up a claim emphatically

(obsolete) To stand '''on''' ; to rest '''upon''' ; to lean '''upon''' . Used especially as a technical term in geometry.

(with on or upon) to hold up a claim emphatically.

(with on or upon) to demand continually that something happen or be done.