different between besiege vs insist

English

Etymology

From Middle English besegen, bisegen, equivalent to be- (“around, about”) +? siege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??si?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d?
• Hyphenation: be?siege

Verb

besiege (third-person singular simple present besieges, present participle besieging, simple past and past participle besieged)

1. (transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To beleaguer, to vex, to lay siege to, to beset.
3. to assail or ply, as with requests or demands.

Translations

German

Verb

besiege

1. inflection of besiegen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

English

Etymology

Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin ?nsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: in?sist

Verb

insist (third-person singular simple present insists, present participle insisting, simple past and past participle insisted)

1. (with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.

   (I am defending her; see a similar example in the context below for comparison.)
2. (sometimes with on or upon or (that + subjunctive)) To demand continually that something happen or be done.

3. (obsolete, chiefly geometry) To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

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Anagrams

• INSTIs, sit-ins, sits in