Kelime: in·sist Söyleniş:in-'sist İşlev:verb Kökeni: 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 -- more at STAND intransitive senses 1 : to be emphatic, firm, or resolute about something intended, demanded, or required they insist on going 2archaic: PERSIST transitive senses : to maintain in a persistent or positive manner insisted that the story was true