Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Insist

Insist , intransitive verb

[French insister, Latin insistere to set foot upon, follow, persist; pref. in- in + sistere to stand, cause to stand. See Stand.]

1.
To stand or rest; to find support; -- with in, on, or upon. [Rare] — Ray
2.
To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; -- followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.
Insisting on the old prerogative. — Shakespeare
Without further insisting on the different tempers of Juvenal and Horace. — Dryden