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in·trude     (ĭn-trōōd')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   in·trud·ed, in·trud·ing, in·trudes

v.   tr.
  1. To put or force in inappropriately, especially without invitation, fitness, or permission: intruded opinion into a factual report.
  2. Geology To thrust (molten rock) into preexisting rock.

v.   intr.
To come in rudely or inappropriately; enter as an improper or unwanted element: "Unpleasant realities have intruded on [his] presidential dreams" (Alexander Stille).


[Middle English intruden, from Latin intrūdere, intrūs-, to thrust in : in-, in; see in-2 + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

in·trud'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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