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imp. & p. p.
of Insist
adv.
In an insistent manner.
n.
The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.
a.
Insisting; persistent; persevering.
a.
See Incumbent.
a.
Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
v. i.
To rest; to depend; to rely; to stand; to insist.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Insist
n.
Specifically :(a) The principles and practices of those in the Church of England, who in the development of the Oxford movement, so-called, have insisted upon a return to the use in church services of the symbolic ornaments (altar cloths, encharistic vestments, candles, etc.) that were sanctioned in the second year of Edward VI., and never, as they maintain, forbidden by competennt authority, although generally disused. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. (b) Also, the principles and practices of those in the Protestant Episcopal Church who sympathize with this party in the Church of England.
v. i.
To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon.
v. t.
To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego.
n.
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
n.
A person who insists on the importance of a regular succession of events, offices, etc.; especially (Eccl.), one who insists that apostolic succession alone is valid.
v. t.
To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case.
v. t.
To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.
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.
a.
Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.
n.
The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
n.
A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence.
v. i.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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