单词 | insistence |
释义 | insistencen. The action of insisting; the fact of being insistent; emphatic or urgent dwelling upon a statement, demand, etc.; also the quality of being insistent; = insistency n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > [noun] threapingc897 insisting1598 insistence1611 immoration1640 insistency1859 the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [noun] > insistence instancec1340 insistence1611 insistency1859 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Insistenza, insistence, persistance, an insisting. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. xi. 440 It requireth no further particular insistance vpon it, to shew [etc.]. 1727 Art Speaking in Publick 137 The figure called epimone by the Greeks, and which we may call insistance. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 210 His general insistance on tradition. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. ix. 123 A..tone of insistence bordering at times on intimidation. 1875 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. (ed. 3) vii. 300 The perpetual insistence on the motive of future rewards and punishments. 1892 C. A. H. Crosse Red-letter Days I. 241 She says with great insistence that her rhymes are meant for rhymes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1611 |
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