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Insistence
Insistence In*sist"ence, n. The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
Insistent
Insistent In*sist"ent, a. [L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere.] 1. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Insisting; persistent; persevering. 3. (Zo["o]l.) See Incumbent.
Insistently
Insistently In*sist"ent*ly, adv. In an insistent manner.
Insisture
Insisture In*sis"ture (?; 135), n. A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence. [Obs.] --Shak.

Meaning of Insist from wikipedia

- We Insist! (subtitled Max Roach's Freedom Now Suite) is a jazz album which was released through Candid Records in December 1960. It contains a suite which...
- Insisters was a German Neue Deutsche Welle band in the early 1980s. Band members were, among others, Rosa Precht and Ilonka Breitmeier. Albums Moderne...
- others disputed this. Contemporary interviews and trial witness testimony insisted that the Tate–LaBianca murders were copycat crimes intended to exonerate...
- difficult to use due to other controversy surrounding the term. Purists may insist on the old usage, while descriptivists may be more open to newer usages...
- seafood. Some cooks restrict the term to clarified butter, while others insist that it should not be clarified. When it is served with seafood, diners...
- matches are deemed less important and the release period is 48 hours. FIFA insist that official and friendly matches take precedence over domestic matches...
- possible social and economic burdens caused by migration. Opponents also insist immigrants enter the United States through a formal process and do not want...
- including the forthcoming 2006 tournament. Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition...
- tongues should simply be written the way they are pronounced, while others insist that the purity of language demands that the transformation remain visible...
- after a car crash, wakes up in an underground bunker with two men who insist that an event has left the surface of Earth uninhabitable. The film was...