insist English · revision 10415

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1586|origins=frm insister|origins=la insistere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪnˈsɪst/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from French insister or directly from Latin [[m|la|īnsistere|t=to stand upon, persist, dwell upon, urge]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(Hoad 1986) from in-, upon, and sistere, to take a stand, from stāre, to stand (see [[stand]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from PIE *sta-.^(Etymonline) It may in some cases be a back-formation from [[insistence]] (1436).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To persevere, persist in a course of action: 1586, the 1580s in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ To stand or rest on something is from 1598,^(OED 1989) and to dwell at length or with emphasis on a matter from 1596.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) To make a demand urgently is from 1623,^(OED 1989) and to maintain positively that something is so from before 1715.^(OED 1989) ''Insistent'' is from 1624.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1436 – insistence.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1586 – to persist.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1596 – to dwell on emphatically.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1623 – to demand urgently.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1624 – insistent.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To demand firmly and refuse to yield.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To assert something vehemently and persistently.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[insistence]]

+ * [[insister]]

+ * [[insistingly]]

+ * [[overinsist]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[insistent]]

+ * [[consist]]

+ * [[persist]]

+ * [[resist]]

+ * [[assist]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In older Scots, to insist meant to persevere, or to continue a discourse.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}