Meaning of "insist"

insist •

v.
• • to keep firmly to some demand, statement, or position: magpilit, ipilit, pilitin, maggiit, igiit

adj.
• • insisting: mapilit, mapagpumilit, mapaggiit

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pilit

adj.
• • mapilit (ma-) forced, against one's will, insistent

v.
• • magpilit, pilitin (mag-:-in) to insist, to strive, to force. Pinilit ng inang kumain ang bata. The mother forced the child to eat.

giit

v.
• • gumiit (-um-) to push one's way through maggiit, igiit (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to insist. Huwag mong igiit ang gusto mo. Don't insist on what you want.

diin

adj.
• • madiin (ma-) heavily pressed dumiin, idiin (-um-:i-)

v.
• • to press hard, to press downward, to insist. Huwag mong idiin na ako ang kumuha ng alahas mo. Don't insist that I took your jewelry.