obtrude

t. & i. [Latin obtrudo = to thrust against: ob- =against, and trudo =to thrust.] A. Transitive: 1. To thrust or push prominently forward; to thrust in or upon; to introduce without warrant or solicitation, to force; used commonly with the refiexive pronoun; as, He obtruded himself into our company. "Dry rules were obtruded upon the public for their improvement."- Goldsmith : Polite Learning, ch. ii. 2. To thrust forward; to offer or pre with un reasonable importunity. "Why shouldst thou, then, obtrude this diligence?" Milton: P. R., ii. 387. B. In trans.: To enter without right; to come forward without warrant or solicitation; to intrude.