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obtruding


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obtrude  \Ob*trude"\,  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  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. 




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