1. (verb) be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

• take a firm stand

2. (verb) beg persistently and urgently

• importune

3. (verb) assert to be true

• assert

1. (verb) be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

• assert
• asseverate
• maintain
• hold firm
• stand fast
• stand firm
• stand pat

2. (verb) beg persistently and urgently

• besiege

1. (verb) beg persistently and urgently

• beg
• implore
• pray

2. (verb) assert to be true

• posit
• postulate

1. (verb) be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge

• insistence
• insisting

2. (verb) beg persistently and urgently

• insistence
• insistency
• insistence
• insisting

3. (verb) assert to be true

• affirmable
• assertable
• affirmation
• assertion
• statement