Verb

(head)

(insist)

Verb

(en verb)

To hold up a claim emphatically.

(I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)

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* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)

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To demand continually that something happen or be done.

To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

* 1709 , Venturus Mandey, Synopsis Mathematica Universalis

Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.

Verb

(head)

(recommend)

Verb

(en verb)

To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.

The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.

To make acceptable; to attract favor to.

To advise, propose, counsel favorably

The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.

(archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations

''A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery