Declares vs Insist - What's the difference?
declares | insist |
(declare)
(obsolete) To make clear, explain, interpret.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XV:
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To make a declaration.
To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc.
(cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed.
To announce something formally or officially.
To affirm or state something emphatically.
To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes.
* 1984 , Richard Woodbury and Anastasia Toufexis, "
To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable.
(computing) To explicitly include (a variable) as part of a list of variables, often providing some information about the data it is expected to contain.
To hold up a claim emphatically.
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To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
* 1709 , Venturus Mandey, Synopsis Mathematica Universalis
As verbs the difference between declares and insist
is that declares is while insist is to hold up a claim emphatically.declares
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* * ----declare
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Verb
(declar)- Then answered Peter and sayd to him: declare unto us thys parable.
- To declare this a little, we must assume that the surfaces of all such bodies are exactly smooth.
- He declared him innocent.
- declare bankruptcy
- declare victory
- (cricket) declare (an innings) closed
Law: The Trouble with Harry," Time , 2 April:
- The prosecution has introduced evidence, including canceled checks, to show that the judge failed to declare part of his income.
- The counter "i" was declared as an integer.
Derived terms
* declarant * declaration * declarative * declaratory * declarer * declare warAnagrams
* ----insist
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Alternative forms
* ensistVerb
(en verb)- (I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)
Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist . Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}
- Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.