Intrude
In‐trude″ (?), 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, per...
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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In‐trude″ (?), 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, per...
In‐trude″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Intruded; p. pr. & vb. n.Intruding.]1. To thrust or force (something) in or upon; especially, to force (one's self) in without leave or welcome; as...
In‐trud″ed (?), p. a.(Geol.) Same as Intrusive.
In‐trud″er (?), n. One who intrudes; one who thrusts himself in, or enters without right, or without leave or welcome; a trespasser.They were all strangers and intruders. Locke.
In‐trud″ress (?), n. A female intruder.
In‐trunk″ (?), v. t. To inclose as in a trunk; to incase. Ford.
In‐tru″sion (?), n. [Cf. F. intrusion. See Intrude.]1. The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroa...
In‐tru″sion‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to intrusion.
In‐tru″sion‐ist, n. One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.
In‐tru″sive (?), a. Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome.Intrusive rocks(Geol.), rocks which have been forced, while in a plastic or mel...
In‐trust″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n.Intrusting.] To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to (another) something in trust; to commit or sur...
In′tu‐ba″tion (?), n. [Pref. in- in + tube.] (Med.) The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.
In′tu‐i″tion (?), n. [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in, on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]1. A looking after; a regard to.What, no reflection on a rewar...
In′tu‐i″tion‐al (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, intuition; characterized by intuition; perceived by intuition; intuitive.
In′tu‐i″tion‐al‐ism (?), n.(Metaph.) The doctrine that the perception or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; — opposed to sensationalism, and exp...
In′tu‐i″tion‐al‐ist, n. One who holds the doctrine of intuitionalism.
In′tu‐i″tion‐ism (?), n. Same as Intuitionalism.
In′tu‐i″tion‐ist, n. Same as Intuitionalist. Bain.
In‐tu″i‐tive (?), a. [Cf. F. intuitif.]1. Seeing clearly; as, an intuitive view; intuitive vision.2. Knowing, or perceiving, by intuition; capable of knowing without deduction o...
In‐tu″i‐tive‐ly, adv. In an intuitive manner.
In‐tu″i‐tiv‐ism (?), n. The doctrine that the ideas of right and wrong are intuitive. J. Grote.
In′tu‐mesce″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Intumesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Intumescing (?).] [L. intumescere; pref. in- in + tumescere to swell up, incho. fr. tumere to swell. See Tumi...
In′tu‐mes″cence (?), n. [Cf. F. intumescence.]1. The act or process of swelling or enlarging; also, the state of being swollen; expansion; tumidity; especially, the swelling up ...
In′tu‐mes″cent (?), a. [L. intumescens, p. pr.] Swelling up; expanding.
In‐tu″mu‐la′ted (?), a. [L. intumulatus. See In- not, and Tumulate.] Unburied.
In‐tune″ (?), v. t. To intone. Cf. Entune.
In‐tur″bid‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Inturbidated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Inturbidating.] [Pref. in- in + turbid.] To render turbid; to darken; to confuse.The confusion of ideas a...