Insistest vs Insistent - What's the difference?
insistest | insistent |
(archaic) (insist)
To hold up a claim emphatically.
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, title= To demand continually that something happen or be done.
To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
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(obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
Extorting]] attention or notice; coercively [[stare, staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
(ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.
As a verb insistest
is (archaic) (insist).As an adjective insistent is
(obsolete) standing or resting on something.insistest
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Verb
(head)insist
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Alternative forms
* ensistVerb
(en verb)- (I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)
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- Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.