De-trude', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DETRUDED; p. pr. & vb. n. DETRUDING.] [Lat. detrudere, from de and trudere, to thrust, push, shove; It. detrudere.] To thrust down; to push down with force.

The souls of men may . . . be detruded into the bodies of beasts. Locke.