Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insistent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insistent \In*sist"ent\, a. [L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of
insistere.]
1. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
--Sir H. Wotton.
2. Insisting; persistent; persevering.
3. (Zo["o]l.) See {Incumbent}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insistent
adj 1: persistently continual; "the bluejay's insistent cry" [syn:
{repetitive}]
2: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
"regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: {clamant},
{crying}, {exigent}, {instant}]
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