OBTRUDE

obtrude. Obtrude, v.t. to thrust into, force, impose

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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. 1. To thrust impertinently; to present without warrant or solicitation; as, to obtrude one's self upon a company.
The objects of our senses obtrude their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no. Lock. 2. 2. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. Milton.