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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Obtruded}, p. pr &
vb n. {Obtruding}.] [L. obtrudere, obtrusum ob (see {Ob-})
+ trudere to thrust. See {Threat}.]
1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or
solicitation; as to obtrude one's self upon a company.
The objects of our senses obtrude their particular
ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no --Lock.
2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or
against the will --Milton.
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