Category:Obtrude

Ob*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtruded, p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding.] Etym: [l. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see ob-) + trudere to thrust. See Threat.]

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

Obtrude Ob*trude", v. i.

Defn: to thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to Intrude.

Syn. -- to obtrude, intrude. To intrude is to thrust one's self into a Place, society, etc., without right, or uninvited; to obtrude is to Force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into society or upon Persons with whom one has no such intimacy as to justify such Boldness.