In*sist"ent (?), a. [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.

See Incumbent.

 

© Webster 1913.

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