insist

1. Be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge (synset 200820635)
   "I must insist!"
   subtypes:

   • hold firm, stand fast, stand firm, stand pat - refuse to abandon one's opinion or belief
   • assert, asseverate, maintain - state categorically
   same as: take a firm stand
2. Beg persistently and urgently (synset 200779976)
   "I importune you to help them"
   is a type of: beg, implore, pray - call upon in supplication; entreat
   subtypes: besiege - harass, as with questions or requests
   same as: importune
3. Postulate positively and assertively (synset 200718950)
   "The letter asserts a free society"
   is a type of: posit, postulate - take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
   same as: assert

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