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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Intrude

In-trude', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [Lat. intrudere, from in and trudere, to thrust; It. intrudere.]

Sense 1. To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation or welcome; to enter, unwelcome or uninvited, into company; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours.

Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced. Shak.

Sense 2. To enter or force one's self in without permission; to encroach; as, to intrude on the lands of another.

In-trude', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. INTRUDED; p. pr. & vb. n. INTRUDING.]

  1. To thrust in, or cause to enter without right or welcome.
  2. To force or cast in. Greenhill.
  3. (Geol.) To force, as into the clefts or fissures of rocks.

Syn.—To obtrude; encroach; infringe; intrench; trespass. See OBTRUDE.