obtrudeth
obtrudeth 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
Origin of obtrudeth
obtrude + -eth
Questions about obtrudeth
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