Obtruded

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


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              The objects of our senses obtrude their particular
              ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. --Lock.
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     2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or
        against the will. --Milton.
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