instar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- insist verb To state something firmly and repeatedly, refusing to accept disagreement.
- petition noun A formal written request, often signed by many people, asking an authority to act on something.
- request verb To ask for something, often politely or formally.
- urge noun A strong impulse or desire to do something.
Senses
instar is used for these senses in English:
- insist (sometimes, with (that + subjunctive), or, intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
- petition (transitive) To make a petition to (a sovereign or political authority).
- urge (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- urge (transitive) To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
petition — full definition
- noun A formal written request, often signed by many people, asking an authority to act on something.
- noun A formal application to a court asking for a specific legal order, such as a divorce.
- verb To formally ask an authority or court to do something.