obtrudev.
/əbˈtruːd/, /ɒbˈtruːd/, U.S. /əbˈtrud/, /ɑbˈtrud/ 1.
a. transitive. To proffer forcibly, unduly, or without invitation; to press, impose, or force on or upon a person; to introduce forcibly into (also †to, †unto) a group or milieu.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > be infused or introduced into [verb (intransitive)] > intrude
obtrudea1575
insinuate1601
screw1614
worm1627
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > introduce or bring something in [verb (transitive)] > intrude or insinuate
intruse?a1500
ingyre1513
shuffle1565
cog1570
foist1570
wind?1570
obtrudea1575
interject1588
filch?1589
intrude1592
inthrust1605
possess1606
suborna1620
inedge1632
interlopea1641
subintroducteda1641
subintroduce1643
to hedge in1664
insinuate1665
dodge1687
lug1721
assinuate1742
wriggle1766
fudge1776
intertrude1809
injeer1820
protrude1840
sniggle1881
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > intervene between [verb (transitive)] > intrude upon or interfere with > cause (a thing) to intrude
obtrudea1575
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 86 To reject such definitions as by most wise..men have been delivered unto us, and to obtrude to us other, partly their own.
a1592 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 431 As for their traditions, which they cannot prove, but obtrude unto us without testimony of Scriptures, let us contemn them.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. i. 2 To attempt..to obtrude any forrein Jurisdiction upon us.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cumb. 228 A man of Low Birth, and High Pride, obtruded on them..by the King for their Generall.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 23 A Conjecture of my own..which however I shall not obtrude, but submit to the Judicious Reader.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 161 This new aukward scene, impos'd and obtruded on me by cruel necessity.
1791 T. Paine Rights of Man i. 75 Who, then, art thou,..that obtrudest thine insignificance between the soul of man and its Maker?
1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lvi. 185 Advice was obtruded on him.
1878 W. E. Gladstone Homer xiii. 142 With Homer the maker's mark never obtrudes the maker, or places him between the reader and the theme.
1953 M. Kennedy Troy Chimneys (new ed.) 74 I felt unable to obtrude my private sorrow upon anyone.
1989 P. Gilliat What's it like Out? (BNC) 57 She had finally braced herself to the course of obtruding the existence of Len into the house.
b. intransitive. To become noticeable in an unwelcome or intrusive way; to intrude; to impose oneself; to project out from, protrude. Frequently with on, upon.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (intransitive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner
pressc1390
poach?1536
shovel1540
encroach1555
intrude1573
obtrude1579
wedge1631
interlope1775
to butt in1899
to wade in1905
horn1912
muscle1928
chisel1936
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin i. 9 To remember..with what wronges and iniuries the familie of Aragon had obtruded vpon his father.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxv. 135 They who are not called to Counsell, can have no good Counsell in such cases to obtrude.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa iii. i. 232 With his instances and importunity, he seem'd in some measure to obtrude upon the Colledge.
a1745 J. Swift William II in Lett. (1768) IV. 269 Either by not thinking of religion at all; or, if it will obtrude, by putting it out of countenance.
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 53 Now a speck is seen! And now the fleeting rack obtrudes between!
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. i. 23 She had not got beyond the words ‘delightful’, and ‘charming’, when some unlucky recollections obtruded . View more context for this quotation
1844 R. H. Dana Changes of Home xlix A little farther! Let us not obtrude Upon her sorrows' holy solitude.
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. xii. 293 She loved this quiet dignity, this large simplicity—nothing that obtruded, nothing that jarred, everything on the same scale of dark coloring and large size.
1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley v. 48 Once a week..there would come before us a being who had never obtruded into our ken until that time.
1980 S. Hazzard Transit of Venus i. v. 45 The fat dripped, reeking; sausage meat obtruded from split casing.
1988 M. Charney Hamlet's Fictions Introd. 11 Interior monologue constitutes an inner play that often obtrudes on the dialogue and may not be fully consistent with it.
c. transitive (reflexive). To impose oneself; to push oneself in an unwelcome manner. Usually with on, upon.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > go or come in [verb (reflexive)] > in unwelcome or unwarranted manner
ingere1489
ingyre1513
thrust1530
intrude1573
inthrust1605
obtrude1647
wrench1729
purr1879
1647 Form Church Govt. 61 Who..shall insolently..engyre and obtrude himself upon the Sacrament.
1662 S. Patrick Brief Acct. Latitude-men 3 I shall not need to seek for that which obtrudes it selfe upon me.
1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. viii. 242 A Diversity and Order of distinct Parts..does as naturally obtrude itself on our Imagination, in one Case as the other.
1784 T. Jefferson Let. 16 Jan. in Papers (1952) VI. 466 Lt. Colo. Franks..furnishes me a hasty opportunity of obtruding myself on your recollection.
1817 Parl. Deb. 1st Ser. 756 Mr. Blake said, it was with much diffidence he obtruded himself again upon the attention of the House.
1847 W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae III. 86 (note) Subordinate officials, who..obtruded themselves into matters beyond their office.
1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. xix. 240 Her aunt was describing to her how very badly Mr. Hamel had behaved in obtruding himself on the shades of Glenbogie.
1904 Daily Chron. 21 July 4/5 Even in these impressive-looking statistical tables little bits of cheerfulness obstinately obtrude themselves.
1936 M. R. Anand Coolie iii. 145 The electric shock of crickets and grasshoppers chirping in a temple compound.., obtruded itself on the souls of the boys.
1991 R. Davies Murther & Walking Spirits iii. xvii. 142 Little Olwen is not an appealing child: she whinges a great deal and obtrudes herself amazingly for one so young.
2. transitive. To thrust or force out or aside; to eject. Now rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > expel > specific people from a place, position, or possession > forcibly or ignominiously
eject1555
rumble1570
obtrude1595
to show (a person) the door1638
to kick downstairs1678
to kick out1697
drum1720
firk1823
to chuck out1869
bounce1877
boot1880
out-kick1883
turf1888
hoof1893
hound1922
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (reflexive)] > eject
obtrude1765
1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile sig. D5v Fortitude..is that part of honestie which reares The hart to heauen, and euer doth obtrude Faint feare, and doubt.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Obtrude, thrust with violence.
1669 in 12th Rep. Hist. MSS Comm. App. Pt. V: MSS Duke of Rutland (1889) II. 3 in Parl. Papers (C. 5889-II) XLIV. 393 Reasons why I ought not to be obtruded from my house at Belvoir.
1765 Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 115 I thought I saw a little dull tremulous vibration obtrude itself on the limb of the Sun.
1813 Examiner 15 Mar. 165/2 He..ripped him open, and the bowels obtruded themselves.
1980 I. Murdoch Nuns & Soldiers iii. 164 Gertrude now clearly felt that she had obtruded her sorrow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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