Definition of insist

"insist" in the verb sense

1. insist, take a firm stand

be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

"I must insist!"

2. importune, insist

beg persistently and urgently

"I importune you to help them"

3. insist, assert

postulate positively and assertively

"The letter asserts a free society"

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Quotations for insist

Insist on yourself. Never imitate. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

They insist on snatching the lamb from the wolf. [ Plaut ]

Phaeton was his father's heir; born to attain the highest fortune without earning it; he had built no sun-chariot (could not build the simplest wheel-barrow), but could and would insist on driving one; and so broke his own stiff neck, sent gig and horses spinning through infinite space, and set the universe on fire. [ Carlyle ]

If you love music, hear it; go to operas, concerts, and pay fiddlers to play to you. But I insist upon your neither piping nor fiddling yourself; it puts a gentleman in a very frivolous, contemptible light; brings him into a great deal of bad company, and takes up a great deal of time which might be much better employed. [ Chesterfield ]

insist in Scrabble®

The word insist is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

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insist in Words With Friends™

The word insist is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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Words within the letters of insist

2 letter words in insist (3 words)

3 letter words in insist (6 words)

4 letter words in insist (5 words)

5 letter words in insist (2 words)

6 letter words in insist (Anagrams) (2 words)

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Words containing the sequence insist

Words that start with insist (7 words)

Words with insist in them (2 words)

Words that end with insist (1 word)

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