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obtrudes

obtrudes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of obtrude.

Meaning of obtrude

Verb

obtrude (third-person singular simple present obtrudes, present participle obtruding, simple past and past participle obtruded)

  1. (transitive) To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.
    • By which we may see, that they who are not called to Counsell, can have no good Counsell in such cases to obtrude.1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan
  2. (intransitive) To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).
    • How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!—They will sometimes obtrude—but how you can court them!1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume III, chapter 18
  3. (reflexive) To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in.
    • She obtruded herself upon the Queen; she protested her party views; she asked for petty favours, and attributed the refusals to the influence of Abigail.1934, Winston Churchill, Marlborough: His Life and Times, volume II

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Obtrudes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of obtrude.

Words near obtrudes in the dictionary

  1. obtriangular
  2. obtrude
  3. obtruded
  4. obtruder
  5. obtruders
  6. obtrudes
  7. obtrudeth
  8. obtruding
  9. obtrudings
  10. obtrullate
  11. obtruncate

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