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ob⋅trude

  [uhb-trood] verb, -trud⋅ed, -trud⋅ing.
Use obtrude in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, esp. without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
2. to thrust forth; push out.
–verb (used without object)
3. to thrust forward, esp. unduly; intrude.
Origin:
1545–55; < L obtrūdere to thrust against, equiv. to ob- ob- + trūdere to thrust

Related forms:
ob⋅trud⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. impose, force. 3. shove, push.
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ob·trude   (ŏb-trōōd', əb-)   
v.   ob·trud·ed, ob·trud·ing, ob·trudes

v.   tr.

  1. To impose (oneself or one's ideas) on others with undue insistence or without invitation.

  2. To thrust out; push forward.

v.   intr.
To impose oneself on others.

[Latin obtrūdere : ob-, against; see ob- + trūdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]
ob·trud'er n., ob·tru'sion (-trōō'zhən) n.
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Word Origin & History

obtrude 
c.1555, from L. obtrudere "thrust into, press upon," from ob "toward" + trudere "to thrust" (see extrusion).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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