insist

insist has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. i.. To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
• v. i.. To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
• v.. assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society"
• v.. beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them"
• v.. be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!"