12 November 2014
obtrude
[uh b-trood]
verb (used with object), obtruded, obtruding.
1. to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation:
to obtrude one’s opinions upon others.
2. to thrust forth; push out.
verb (used without object), obtruded, obtruding.
3. to thrust forward, especially unduly; intrude.
Origin
Latin
1545-1555; < Latin obtrūdere to thrust against, equivalent to ob- ob- + trūdere to thrust
Related forms
obtruder, noun
preobtrude, verb (used with object), preobtruded, preobtruding.
unobtruded, adjective
unobtruding, adjective
Synonyms
1. impose, force. 3. shove, push.
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Examples from the web for obtrude
– He should remember not to obtrude on the privacy of the members he does not know.
– Whatever pain he suffered, he bore it in silence, and seemed only anxious not to obtrude his malady.
– Clearing shall also include the removal and disposal of structures that obtrude, encroach upon, or otherwise obstruct the work.
Anagram
doubter
bred out
Today’s aphorism
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
– Baruch Spinoza
On this day
12 November 1927 – Josef Stalin takes full control of the Soviet Union after Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party a few weeks earlier.
12 November 1944 – sinking of the German battleship, Tirpitz. The Allies had tried for two years to sink the ship. Finally, 32 British Lancaster bombers attack and sink the ship.
12 November 1990 – Swiss computer scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, publishes a formal proposal for hyper-text transfer, this followed his proposal for Information Management, published in March 1989. On 25 December 1990, he makes the world’s first successful communication between a hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) client and a server; and the world wide web is born. He is director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) which oversees the ongoing development of the world-wide web.