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intertrude

intertrude verb: to intrude; To force or thrust into.

Verb

intertrude (third-person singular simple present intertrudes, present participle intertruding, simple past and past participle intertruded)

  1. To intrude; To force or thrust into
    • Then seek, amongst the multitude Of lovers that dare to intertrude Into your favours, One that may Love for an age, and not a day;1650, The Academy of Complements. Wherein Ladyes, Gentlewomen, Schollers, and Strangers, may accommodate their Courtly practice with gentile Ceremonies, Complement all amorous high expressions, and...
    • Other rocks intertrude irregularly in the form of beds and veins, as serpentine, soapstone, rensselaerite, granite and primitive limestone.1838, New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York

Examples of intertrude in a sentence

  • And, contradiction, like a discord breaking on the ear, Wilt intertrude its hateful presence, hoot, deny and jeer.1912, Seymour Supercern, Truth Will Out: An Emergence from Chaos and Subterfuge Into Light and Reality:
  • Snatches of other voices seemed often to intertrude themselves in the parley; and your loyal effort not to overhear these was complicated by your fear of missing what Eva might be twittering.1922, Sir Max Beerbohm, A Christmas Garland, page 5:

Forms of intertrude

third-person singular presentintertrudes
present participleintertruding
past participleintertruded
pastintertruded

Questions about intertrude

What does intertrude mean?
Intertrude means to intrude; To force or thrust into.
How do you use intertrude in a sentence?
And, contradiction, like a discord breaking on the ear, Wilt intertrude its hateful presence, hoot, deny and jeer.
What part of speech is intertrude?
Intertrude is a verb.
What is the past tense of intertrude?
The past tense of intertrude is intertruded.

Words near intertrude in the dictionary

  1. intertropical
  2. intertropical convergence zone
  3. intertropical front
  4. intertropical fronts
  5. intertropics
  6. intertrude
  7. intertruded
  8. intertrudes
  9. intertruding
  10. intertube
  11. intertuberal

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