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▸ verb: (sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
▸ verb: (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
Similar:
assert,
importune,
take a firm stand,
adamant,
presume,
argue,
insistent,
refuse,
obliged,
oppose,
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