To take and maintain a stand obstinately

• persist

  1. To be obstinately repetitious, insistent, or tenacious.
  2. To hold firmly and steadfastly to a purpose, state, or undertaking despite obstacles, warnings, or setbacks.
  3. To continue in existence; last:

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  1. To be obstinately repetitious, insistent, or tenacious.
  2. To hold firmly and steadfastly to a purpose, state, or undertaking despite obstacles, warnings, or setbacks.
  3. To continue in existence; last:

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• persevere

  1. To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.

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  1. To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.

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To solicit (something) insistently

• urge

  1. To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
  2. To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
  3. To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for:

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  1. To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
  2. To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
  3. To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for:

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• press

  1. To exert steady weight or force against:
  2. To move by applying pressure:
  3. To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern:

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  1. To exert steady weight or force against:
  2. To move by applying pressure:
  3. To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern:

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To declare firmly or persistently

• dwell-on

  1. To continue to think or talk about (something or someone).

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  1. To continue to think or talk about (something or someone).

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• assert

  1. To state or express positively; affirm:
  2. To defend or maintain (one's rights, for example).
  3. To put into action boldly; employ or demonstrate:

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  1. To state or express positively; affirm:
  2. To defend or maintain (one's rights, for example).
  3. To put into action boldly; employ or demonstrate:

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• contend

  1. To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle:
  2. To strive in competition, as in a race; vie:
  3. To strive in controversy or debate; dispute.

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  1. To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle:
  2. To strive in competition, as in a race; vie:
  3. To strive in controversy or debate; dispute.

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• maintain

  1. To keep up or carry on; continue:
  2. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain:
  3. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency:

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  1. To keep up or carry on; continue:
  2. To keep in an existing state; preserve or retain:
  3. To keep in a condition of good repair or efficiency:

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To demand

• exhort

  1. To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal:
  2. To make an urgent appeal.

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  1. To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal:
  2. To make an urgent appeal.

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• order

  1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
  2. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
  3. Condition or state in general:

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  1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
  2. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
  3. Condition or state in general:

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• request

  1. To express a desire for, especially politely; ask for. Often used with an infinitive or clause:
  2. To ask (a person) to do something:
  3. An act of asking for something.

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  1. To express a desire for, especially politely; ask for. Often used with an infinitive or clause:
  2. To ask (a person) to do something:
  3. An act of asking for something.

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