D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Insistent

/ĭnˌ-sĭs'-tənt/ · In·sist·ent · IPA /ɪnˈsɪstənt/
01 a. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
  1. 1.
    Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent wall.
  2. 2.
    Insisting; persistent; persevering.
  3. 3.
    See Incumbent.(Zool.) See: Incumbent