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Definition of Obtrudes
1. obtrude [v] - See also: obtrude
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obtrudes
Literary usage of Obtrudes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... a man who obtrudes himself into a place for which he is unfitted ; as, for
instance, an ignorant fellow who pretends to preach or teach that of which he ..."
2. A Trip to England by Goldwin Smith (1891)
"where obtrudes itself on the view. The parish is the Unit; it is thoroughly a
unit so far as the common people are concerned, not only of rural ..."
3. St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians: An Attempt to Convey Their Spirit by John Hamilton Thom (1852)
"LOVE GIVES PRECEDENCE TO THE GIFTS THAT EDIFY ; AND obtrudes NOT ON THE CHURCH
WHAT IS PERSONAL TO THE INDIVIDUAL SPIRIT, PRIVATE TO ITSELF AND TO GOD. ..."
4. An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived from the Best and the Most Copious by Edward William Lane (1863)
"505 :) or mho obtrudes himself, or interferes, in affairs: (Abu-l-'Ah\ ...
58 :) or, as also * *-~л, (S, K,) and t ~_U3, (K,) mho obtrudes himself, ..."
5. English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb (1816)
"In moments of devotion, the serious man endeavours to prevent the intrusion of
improper ideas in his mind. The guilty conscience obtrudes itself upon a mind ..."
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