How to Spell insists
insists
insists - verb
- To be emphatic, firm, or resolute about something intended, demanded, or required
- Persist
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"They insist on going."
Etymology
Middle French or Latin; Middle French insister, from Latin insistere to stand upon, persist, from in- + sistere to take a stand; akin to Latin stare to stand
Word family
insist, insisted, insistence
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