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insist, v.|ɪnˈsɪst|
[ad. L. insistĕ-re to stand upon, persist, dwell upon, f. in- (in-2) + sistĕre to stand: cf. F. insister (1336 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. intr. To stand or rest on or upon. ? Obs.
1598Florio, Insistere, to insist..to staie, rest or leane vpon. 1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xv. 150 No straight line insisteth perpendicularly, on the face or circumference of any special body..except only those that proceed directly to the center of the sphear. 1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 195 Two strait lines meeting in the circumference of a circle and insisting upon equal arches. 1709–29V. Mandey Syst. Math., Geom. 159 Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles. 1812Woodhouse Astron. xxxvi. 357 An eclipse caused by the shadow of the globe on which he insists. 1823–79[see insisting ppl. a. 1].
2. a. intr. To continue steadfastly or persist in a course of action, to follow steadfastly in (on) a person's steps, etc.; to continue with urgency; to persevere. arch.
1586Let. Earle Leycester 24 She hath neuerthelesse insisted in her former practises. 1589Nashe Ded. Greene's Menaphon (Arb.) 10 In whose traces..manie other reverent Germaines insisting, have reedified the ruines of our decayed Libraries. 1597Morley Introd. Mus. 126 It will be needlesse to insist any longer in teaching him descant. 1638F. Junius Paint. of Ancients 291 To caste our eyes upon Nature, and to insist in her steps. 1680H. Dodwell Two Lett. (1691) 202 Many of the primitive Hereticks..exactly insisted on their footsteps. 1809Erskine's Princ. Sc. Law 207 An action may be defined, a demand regularly made and insisted in..for the attaining or recovering of a right.
†b. trans. To follow in (a person's steps). Obs.
1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xii. §4. 133 Wee insist their steps, whether crooked or straight.
3. a. intr. To dwell at length or with emphasis on or upon († of, † in) a matter; hence, to insist on = to assert or maintain persistently. Formerly, also, † to take one's stand on (in) a point.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. i. 118 Because we heir haue perchance ouer lang insisted, and haue beine tedious to the reider, in sum particular materis. 1607Shakes. Cor. iii. iii. 17 Let them If I say Fine, cry Fine; if Death, cry Death, Insisting on the olde prerogatiue. 1609B. Jonson Case is Altered i. ii, I cannot now insist Upon particulars. 1611W. Sclater Key (1629) 131, I haue the longer insisted in this vice, because I see [etc.]. 1630Prynne Anti-Armin. 173 On which our Arminians must insist for proofe of their vniuersall redemption. 1713Berkeley Hylas & Phil. iii. Wks. 1871 I. 338, I shall insist no longer on that point. 1793Burke Cond. Minority Wks. VII. 264 The ruling Jacobins insist upon it, that [etc.]. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 408 Socrates is not prepared to insist on the literal accuracy of this description.
b. with clause: To maintain persistently or positively that a thing is so.
a1715Burnet Own Time (1725) I. ii. 239 Leighton insisted, that it ought to be done for that very reason. 1768Sterne Sent. Journ., Case of Delicacy (1888) 252, I begged a thousand pardons, but insisted it was no more than an ejaculation. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) V. 489 It was insisted that the testator had restrained the estate of inheritance during her life. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) IV. 19 Protarchus..insists that..all pleasures are good.
c. With quoted words.
1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere II. xxxix. 174 ‘And rather than try,’ he insisted, ‘you will go on believing [etc.].’ 1906W. S. Maugham Bishop's Apron iv. 47 ‘Do you care for me at all?’ he insisted.
4. a. To make a demand with persistent urgency; to take a persistent or peremptory stand in regard to a stipulation, claim, demand, proposal, etc. Const. on, upon (formerly for, against, or inf.).
1623Ld. Herbert in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 165 That the sayd Kinge of Spaine would never insiste upon obtaininge those priviledges. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §21 This condition should be first humbly insisted on. 1701C. Davenant Peace & War i. xi. (1704) I. 244 Those who..insist for a strange kind of Latitude, and to have Priviledges above the rest of their Fellow Subjects. a1715Burnet Own Time (1725) I. ii. 300 They insisted mainly against kneeling at the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 1749G. Lavington Enthus. Methodists (1754) I. ii. 34 Her Spouse insisting to play another Game, she lost it. 1778Johnson in Boswell 28 Apr., No good and worthy man will insist upon another man's drinking wine. 1875W. S. Hayward Love agst. World 77 Since you insist, I cannot help it. 1896Law Times C. 408/1 It is now time to insist on the necessary appointment being made.
b. with that and clause.
1676tr. Guillatiere's Voy. Athens 17 We insisted that when we struck and saluted them, the Frigot should hang out either the French or English Colours. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. i. iii. 33 The king insisted that a sacred profession should not be used as a screen for the protection of felony. |