insist


insist (http://definr.com/insist)

     v 1: be insistent and refuse to budge; "I must insist!" [syn: {take
          a firm stand}]
     2: beg persistently and urgently; "I importune you to help
        them" [syn: importune]
     3: assert to be true; "The letter asserts a free society" [syn:
         assert]