Definition of Insisted

1. Verb. (past of insist) ¹

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Definition of Insisted

1. insist [v] - See also: insist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insisted

insinuators
insinuatory
insinuendo
insinuendoes
insinuendos
insipid
insipidities
insipidity
insipidly
insipidness
insipience
insipient
insist
insistance
insistances
insisted (current term)
insistence
insistences
insistencies
insistency
insistent
insistently
insister
insisters
insisting
insistingly
insists
insisture
insistures
insitiency

Literary usage of Insisted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"A great advance was therefore made when specification, hr ( insisted on the ... Then, next, specifications insisted that all holes should be enlarged by ..."

2. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"They had passed the hill above the churchyard, when Lady Glyde insisted on turning back to look her last at her mother's grave. Miss Halcombe tried to shake ..."

3. The Vicar of Wakefield: Der Landprediger Von Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"However, my wife always insisted that as they were the same flesh and blood, they should sit with us at the same table: so that, if we had not very rich, ..."

4. The Spectator by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1830)
"much insisted upon, I shall but just mention them, since they have been handled by many great and eminent writers. Robin whipt away and returned with, ..."

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