OBTRUDE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company. The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. Lock.

2.
v.

To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. Milton.

3.
v.

To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.


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