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Intrude   /ɪntrˈud/   Listen
verb
Intrude  v. t.  (past & past part. intruded; pres. part. intruding)  
1.
To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as, to intrude one's presence into a conference; to intrude one's opinions upon another.
2.
To enter by force; to invade. (Obs.) "Why should the worm intrude the maiden bud?"
3.
(Geol.) The cause to enter or force a way, as into the crevices of rocks.
Synonyms: To obtrude; encroach; infringe; intrench; trespass. See Obtrude.


Intrude  v. i.  To thrust one's self in; to come or go in without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another. "Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced." "Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them."





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"Intrude" Quotes from Famous Books



... principal assets of this employee was his readiness to assume an expression, when any one inquired for the President, suggestive that in his opinion such a desire could scarcely be expected by the visitor to be gratified, and he was also supposed to decide by inquiry or intuition whether he should so far intrude on Mr. Wintermuth's privacy as to present the stranger's name. He had come to be uncommonly adept at this, but the spectacle of this dark-eyed young woman was quite beyond the gamut of his routine experience. In a sort of charmed coma he surveyed the visitor, ...
— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble
... completely literary, admonishes the man of letters that "Whatever amusement he chooses, he should not slowly return from those of the body to the mind, while he should be exercising the latter night and day." Seneca was aware that "to rejoice and excel in all manly exercises," would in some cases intrude into the habits of a literary man, and sometimes be even ridiculous. MORTIMER, once a celebrated artist, was tempted by his athletic frame to indulge in frequent violent exercises; and it is not without reason suspected, that habits so unfavourable to thought and study ...
— Literary Character of Men of Genius - Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions • Isaac D'Israeli
... enough, and disgustingly logical. To intrude upon the presence of a body was perfectly impossible; to try and force the hand of the bank cashier equally out of the question. As head of a great financial house, the Minister knew that. A platform inspector bustled along ...
— Golden Stories - A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers • Various
... failed to question Kennedy further, and it was just as well because most of the people were on their way down to the projection room, not only those we wished present, but practically everyone of sufficient importance about the studio to feel that he could intrude. ...
— The Film Mystery • Arthur B. Reeve
... Buddhism of Bhutan and Tibet to-day has but one article of faith—"Acquire merit by feeding and paying the lamas and they will win salvation for you." So rich and poor vied in giving their best to the holy wayfarers, and sought not to intrude on the meditations or privacy of lama and chela, and welcomed the cheery company of the more worldly lay brother who could crack a joke or empty a mug with any man and pitch the stone quoits or shoot an arrow ...
— The Jungle Girl • Gordon Casserly


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