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    [Verb]  | "in*sist" | \ in-ˈsist \


    1: to be emphatic, firm, or resolute about something intended, demanded, or required

    2: persist

    3: to maintain in a persistent or positive manner


    Origin: 1586 ;

     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 {mat|stand|};

    [Verb]  | "insisting" 


    1: to state as a fact usually forcefully;


      * e.g., " ... she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary "





    [Verb]  | "insist" 


    1: to state as a fact usually forcefully;


      * e.g., " ... she continued to insist that she was right, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary "





    [Verb]  | "insist (on)" 


    1: to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority;


      * e.g., " ... the director insisted on absolute quiet on the set "



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     [ "Insisters" ]

    1: Sisters that commit incest.

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you see Emma and Katie getting it on last night?" 

     [ "insistive" ]

    1: When someone wont get off your jock about something that they should leave alone.

      * e.g.,  ... Tom R. L. is so insistive that he has a large penis but we all know its just large in his eyes...only! 

     [ "Insistence" ]

    1: To have an interior nature that may not have an exterior physical manifestation Insistence, noun."to insist", verb, as opposed to "to exist" or standing out, and not in the sense of persist, assert or dwell upon something. The term "insist" comes from the Latin "in", meaning inside, interior, inward, and "sistere", meaning standing, dwelling ... So "to insist" here is to mean to have an interior quality or essence that may not have an outward physical expression.

      * e.g.,  ... John: I never said that God didn't exit, i am just saying that we should be very patient and wait for him to show up ... Ludovic: He will never show up, because I believe in the insistence of God ... 

     [ "Insistant Irritant" ]

    1: That one person that sees the absolute negative side of everything. S/he cannot commit to anything, due to the fact that everything can and will go wrong, and on the off chance that s/he does commit to something, s/he will make whatever it is absolute hell for anyone else involved. Despite this, always insists that "we" need to do more as a group or family.

      * e.g.,  ... Six stages of Insistant Irritant: 

     [ "If you insist" ]

    1: I quick way to end an argument

      * e.g.,  ... Old man: get is my lawn 

     [ "It insists upon itself" ]

    1: Something most think is profound but in reality is pretentious and ostentatious.

      * e.g.,  ... Lois loved The Godfather, but Peter knew that it insists upon itself. He liked the Money Pit. 

     [ "It insists upon its self" ]

    1: The definition of “insist” is; “demand something forcefully, not accepting refusal.“ or “ demand forcefully to have something.” or “ persist in doing something even though it is annoying or odd.” When one says “He insists upon himself” It means they’re are requiring of you to put more effort in understanding their Ambiguousness. For example, when Jesus Christ tells parables or Socrates ask questions; they are insisting upon themselves, they’re requiring of you to do some thinking in order to understand what’s being taught, instead of giving you literal messages of their rhetoric.

      * e.g.,  ... Like in Family Guy, S9, Ep.17; Peter Griffin In thinking his family is going to die, expresses his true feels on the God Father movies Brian: “Why didn’t like it?” 

     [ "Insist, insUist, insisT" ]

    1: Insist, insUist, insisT

      * e.g.,  ... Insist, insUist, insisT 

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