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Intrude (?), v. i. [L. intrudere, intrusum; pref. in- in + trudere to thrust, akin to E. threat. See Threat.] 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.
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Thy wit wants edge
And manners, to intrude where I am graced.
Shak.
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Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.
I. Watts.
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