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Search phrase: insist

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor III.iii.17Insisting on the old prerogativeInsisting on the olde prerogatiue
Julius CaesarJC II.i.245Yet I insisted, yet you answered not,Yet I insisted, yet you answer'd not,
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.87Insisture, course, proportion, season, form,Insisture, course, proportion, season, forme,

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Glossary

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bide uponinsist on, dwell on, maintain
challengedemand as a right, claim, call for, insist on
consistbe disposed [for], be set, insist
forwardinsistent, demanding, eager
importunatepersistent, pressing, insistent
insisture[unclear meaning] steady continuance, constancy, regularity
requiredemand, claim, insist on
standswear to it, insist upon it
standmake an issue of, insist upon, bother about
standinsist on, demand, call for
standstand on, insist on the need for
urgepress, insist on, state emphatically

Thesaurus

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insist onconsist
insist onbide upon
insist onchallenge
insist onurge
insist onstand
insist onrequire
insist onstand
insist on itstand
insist on the needstand
insistentimportunate
insistentforward
need, insist on thestand

Themes and Topics

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Discourse markers...t i protest he had the chain of me i insist i’m sure say ce ii i 44 ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
INSISTBASICinsist v, insisture n

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