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insisteth

insisteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of insist.

Meaning of insist

Verb

insist (third-person singular simple present insists, present participle insisting, simple past and past participle insisted)

  1. (with on or upon) To hold up a claim emphatically.
    • The defendant insisted on his innocence.
  2. (sometimes, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
    • The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.
  3. (obsolete) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
    • Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.1709, Venturus Mandey, Synopsis Mathematica Universalis

Origin of insisteth

insist + -eth

Questions about insisteth

What is insisteth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Insisteth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of insist.

Words near insisteth in the dictionary

  1. insistent
  2. insistently
  3. insister
  4. insisters
  5. insistest
  6. insisteth
  7. insisting
  8. insistingly
  9. insistive
  10. insists
  11. insitiency

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