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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Obtruded, p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding. ] [ L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see Ob-) + trudere to thrust. See Threat. ] 1. To thrust impertinently; to present to a person without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company; to obtrude one's opinion on another. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. Lock. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who obtrudes. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. obtruncatus, p. p. of obtruncare. ] To deprive of a limb; to lop. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. obtruncatio. ] The act of lopping or cutting off. [ R. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. obtrusio. See Obtrude. ] 1. The act of obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the obtrusion of crude opinions on the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is obtruded. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices or excuses obtrusion. [ R. ] Gent. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. -- Ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Ob*tru"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]