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Intrude


INTRU'DE, verb intransitive [Latin intrudo; in and trudo, to thrust. See Thrust.]

1. To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation or welcome; to enter, as into company, against the will of the company or the host; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours. Never intrude where your company is not desired.

2. To encroach; to enter or force one's self in without permission; as, to intrude on the lands of another.

3. To enter uncalled or uninvited, or without just right. Colossians 2:1.

INTRU'DE, verb transitive To thrust one's self in, or to enter into some place without right or welcome.

1. To force or cast in.