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Webster 1913 Edition

Insistent

In-sist′ent

,

Adj.

[L.

insistens

,

-entis

, p. pr. of

insistere

.]

1.

Standing or resting on something;

as, an

insistent

wall

.

Sir H. Wotton.

2.

Insisting; persistent; persevering.

3.

(Zool.)

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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Insistent

INSIST'ENT

,

Adj.

Standing or resting on; as an insistent wall. [Little used.]