1. (

• insist ,
• take_a_firm_stand

) be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge; "I must insist!" ;

2. (

• importune ,
• insist ,

) beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help them" ;

3. (

• insist ,
• assert

) postulate positively and assertively; "The letter asserts a free society" ;