Obtrude /(?)/

Ob·trude

Obtrude

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Obtruded; p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding

  1. To thrust impertinently; to present to a person without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company; to obtrude one's opinion on another.
    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.

Obtrude

v. i.
  1. To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.