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单词 insisting
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insistingn.

/ɪnˈsɪstɪŋ/
Etymology: < insist v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of insist v.; insistence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > [noun]
threapingc897
insisting1598
insistence1611
immoration1640
insistency1859
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Insistenza, a persisting, an insisting.
1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 26 A custome of insisting upon any one intended Imagination.
1866 Sat. Rev. 22 Sept. 367/1 There is an altogether unreasonable insisting upon graces and airs and fine manners.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

insistingadj.

Etymology: < insist v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inˈsisting.
1. Resting, superincumbent: cf. insist v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > position upon > [adjective]
superjacent1578
incumbent1624
insistent1624
incumbing1629
superincumbent1664
insisting1727
overlying1831
riding1859–60
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) The Angles of any Segment are said to be insisting or standing upon the Arch of another Segment below.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 219 A bressummer, where it resists a transverse insisting weight.
a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 146 Making the bases and capitals face in the direction of the insisting arch-rib.
2. That insists; that dwells urgently or pertinaciously upon a point.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > [adjective]
insisting1611
insistent1868
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Insistente, insisting, persisting.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian III. ii. 77 In a yet more insisting voice.
1832 T. Moore Diary 1–24 Mar. in Mem. (1854) VI. 249 A fancy..which lately took a more serious and insisting shape.

Derivatives

inˈsistingly adv. with insistence, insistently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > insistence or persistence > [adverb]
insistently1873
insistingly1880
the mind > will > decision > perseverance or persistence > [adverb] > insistently
with residence?c1450
instantly1477
insistently1873
insistingly1880
1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iv. 58 Her father did not let the occasion slip to speak insistingly.
1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 397/2 ‘I forbid you’, she called out, insistingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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