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obtrude

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ob·trude  (b-trd, b-)
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 obtrdere : ob-, against; see ob- + trdere, to thrust; see treud- in Indo-European roots.]

ob·truder n.
ob·trusion (-trzhn) n.

obtrude
Verb
[-truding, -truded]
1. to push oneself or one's opinions on others in an unwelcome way
2. to be or make unpleasantly noticeable [Latin obtrudere]
obtrusion n
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Verb1.obtrude - push to thrust outward
push, force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
2.obtrude - thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer"
inflict, impose, bring down, visit - impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"


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No--there is something else concerning which I should like to write to you, but am afraid to obtrude upon your notice.
Unwilling to obtrude himself on the princess, Rostov did not go back to the house but remained in the village awaiting her departure.
At length, the clock was hidden from his sight by some envious shutters, then the church steeples proclaimed eleven at night, then the quarter past, and then the conviction seemed to obtrude itself on his mind that it was no use tarrying there any longer.
 
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