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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Obtrude

/əb-tro͞od'/ · Ob·trude · IPA /əbˈtɹuːd/
01 v. t. To thrust impertinently; to present to a person without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company; to obtrude one's…
imp. & p. p. Obtruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding
  1. 1.
    To thrust impertinently; to present to a person without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company; to obtrude one's opinion on another.
    “The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no.” — Lock.
  2. 2.
    To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.
02 v. i. To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.
  1. 1.
    To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.
Syn. To Obtrude, Intrude.
To intrude is to thrust one's self into a place, society, etc., without right, or uninvited; to obtrude is to force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into society or upon persons with whom one has no such intimacy as to justify such boldness.