insist

verb

Etymology: Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence. Compare typologically from the same PIE root Bulgarian настоявам (nastojavam), Russian наста́ивать (nastáivatʹ).

1. To hold up a claim emphatically.

   “The defendant insisted on his innocence.”

   “I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.”

2. To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.

   “The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.”

   “The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.”

3. To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

   “Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.”