Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obtrude"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Obtrude \Ob*trude"\, v. i.
To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to
intrude.
Syn: To {Obtrude}, {Intrude}.
Usage: 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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
obtrude
v 1: push to thrust outward [syn: {push out}, {thrust out}]
2: thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude
on the viewer" [syn: {intrude}]
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