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Pronunciation: (in-sist'), [key]
—v.i.
1. to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
2. to lay emphasis in assertion: to insist on the justice of a claim.
3. to dwell with earnestness or emphasis (usually fol. by on or upon): to insist on a point in a discussion.

—v.t.
1. to assert or maintain firmly: He insists that he saw the ghosts.
2. to demand or persist in demanding: I insist that you see this thing through.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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