īn-sistō stitī, -, ere, to set foot, take a stand, stand on, step on, tread on: firmiter, hold their ground, Cs.: ut proximi iacentibus insisterent, stepped upon, Cs.: vestigiis abeuntium, L.: huic (saxo) institerat frustra, O.: clamoso circo, occupy a place in, Iu.: insistebat in manu Cereris dextrā simulacrum: cingulus australis, in quo qui insistunt: digitis, on tiptoe, O.: limen, step upon, V.: vestigia plantis Institerat, V.: cineres, H.

—To make a stand, halt, pause, stop, stand still: stellarum motūs insistunt: ut aut citius insistendum sit, aut longius procedendum: ille non poterit eodem modo insistere? hesitate: insistit, secum{*} que corde volutat, V.

—To enter on, pursue, follow: quam insistam viam, T.: quā quaerere insistam viam? where shall I go to find{*} (him)? T.: iter, quod insistis, approbo, L.

—To follow, pursue, press on: acrius hostis institit, N.: fugientibus, L.

— Fig., to follow, pursue: viam domandi, V.: rationem pugnae, plan, Cs.: vestigiis laudum suarum, L.

—To follow up, pursue, persist, insist, press vigorously, apply oneself, be busy about: sic institit ore, V.: importune: ad spolia legenda, L.: munus: viventi, H.: obsidioni, Cu.: orare dictatorem, ut, etc., L.: flagitare senatus institit Cornutum, ut, etc.: Iulium tueri, N.

—To press upon, urge: dilataque tempora taedae Institerant, were at hand, O.: id bellum ipsis institit moenibus, was at, L.: singulis, dwell upon.