单词 | insisting |
释义 | insistingn. The action of insist v.; insistence. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > [noun] threapingc897 insisting1598 insistence1611 immoration1640 insistency1859 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Insistenza, a persisting, an insisting. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 26 A custome of insisting upon any one intended Imagination. 1866 Sat. Rev. 22 Sept. 367/1 There is an altogether unreasonable insisting upon graces and airs and fine manners. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). insistingadj. 1. Resting, superincumbent: cf. insist v. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > [adjective] superjacent1578 incumbent1624 insistent1624 incumbing1629 superincumbent1664 insisting1727 overlying1831 riding1859–60 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) The Angles of any Segment are said to be insisting or standing upon the Arch of another Segment below. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 219 A bressummer, where it resists a transverse insisting weight. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 146 Making the bases and capitals face in the direction of the insisting arch-rib. 2. That insists; that dwells urgently or pertinaciously upon a point. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > [adjective] insisting1611 insistent1868 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Insistente, insisting, persisting. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. ii. 77 In a yet more insisting voice. 1832 T. Moore Diary 1–24 Mar. in Mem. (1854) VI. 249 A fancy..which lately took a more serious and insisting shape. Derivatives inˈsistingly adv. with insistence, insistently. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > [adverb] insistently1873 insistingly1880 the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adverb] > insistently with residence?c1450 instantly1477 insistently1873 insistingly1880 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iv. 58 Her father did not let the occasion slip to speak insistingly. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 397/2 ‘I forbid you’, she called out, insistingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1598adj.1611 |
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