obtrude /əbˈtɹuːd/ verb3 •To proffer (something) by force; to impose (something) on someone or into some area.By which we may see, that they who are not called to Counsell, can have no good Counsell in such cases to obtrude. — 1651 •To become apparent in an unwelcome way, to be forcibly imposed; to jut in, to intrude (on or into).How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!—They will sometimes obtrude—but how you can court them! — 1815 •[with oneself] To impose (oneself) on others; to cut in.She obtruded herself upon the Queen; she protested her party views; she asked for petty favours, and attributed the refusals to the influence of Abigail. — 1934 formsobtruded · obtruding · obtrudes · obtrudeth