Crossword clues for insisted
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Insist \In*sist"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Insisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insisting.] [F. insister, L. insistere to set foot upon, follow, persist; pref. in- in + sistere to stand, cause to stand. See Stand.]
To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon. [R.]
--Ray.-
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.
Insisting on the old prerogative.
--Shak.Without further insisting on the different tempers of Juvenal and Horace.
--Dryden.Syn: Insist, Persist.
Usage: Insist implies some alleged right, as authority or claim. Persist may be from obstinacy alone, and either with or against rights. We insist as against others; we persist in what exclusively relates to ourselves; as, he persisted in that course; he insisted on his friend's adopting it.
--C. J. Smith.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: insist)
Usage examples of "insisted".
Siemen, practical again, insisted Yvette create and personally maintain an evidence log in which everything should be listed.
She'd made a convincing, justifiable argument against their visiting the scenes of the crimes and he remained uncertain of the benefits professional as well as personal of the idea, which was why he'd insisted the decision should be theirs, until he was better able to assess advantage against disadvantage of being involved.
Hadn't that been why she'd always insisted on doing everything in their marriage: because she'd always thought she could make better judgements?
Instead, disastrously, he had become stuck with an independent witness to what she was going to say: when the Austrian had realized Claudine might have something to get them out of their publicity crisis the damned man had insisted on staying for the meeting.
In fact, I'd insisted we invite Rhys along, which Lex had accepted with only a modicum of resistance.
Kara's father insisted, though he quickly backed away from their presence… and from the presence of their automatic weapons.
Rhys insisted, grasping the edge of the speedboat's windshield as a particularly large wave knocked us violently sideways.
For this grief, Abe insisted that work was the only cure - and revenge, someday, against whatever interests lay behind the slave trade.
When the doctor discovered it was her first, she insisted that Sass read a folder about it “.
Sassinak insisted that their first concern had to be the detection systems the slavers used.
Sassinak insisted on regular shift changes, and rest for those off-duty.
This was not what she’d had in mind when she’d insisted on running a water line into this office, but it was certainly handy.
Even though the portside pods had not been as badly damaged as they’d originally thought, he insisted that the ship would not stand another long FTL chase.
When more details of the raid came in, she found that Arly’s guess had been right: Huron had insisted on joining the landing party, had thrown himself into danger in blatant disregard of basic precautions, and been blown away, instantly and messily, in the assault on the pirate’s headquarters complex.
The young man insisted that he’d joined Fleet to get away from his father’s influence - he’d been pushed to enter the diplomatic service, but preferred to work with his hands.