insist, assert
(verb) postulate positively and assertively; “The letter asserts a free society”
importune, insist
(verb) beg persistently and urgently; “I importune you to help them”
insist, take a firm stand
(verb) be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; “I must insist!”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
insist (third-person singular simple present insists, present participle insisting, simple past and past participle insisted)
(with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.
(sometimes, with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.
(obsolete, chiefly, geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
• INSTIs, sit-ins, sits in
Source: Wiktionary
In*sist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Insisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insisting.] Etym: [F. insister, L. insistere to set foot upon, follow, persist; pref. in- in + sistere to stand, cause to stand. See Stand.]
1. To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon. [R.] Ray.
2. To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money. Insisting on the old prerogative. Shak. Without further insisting on the different tempers of Juvenal and Horace. Dryden.
Syn.
– Insist, Persist.
– Insist implies some alleged right, as authority or claim. Persist may be from obstinacy alone, and either with or against rights. We insist as against others; we persist in what exclusively relates to ourselves; as, he persisted in that course; he insisted on his friend's adopting it. C. J. Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
