OBTRECTATION Ob`trec*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. obtrectatio, from obtrectare to detract from through envy. See Detract.]
Defn: Slander; detraction; calumny. [Obs.] Barrow.
OBTRUDE
Ob*trude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obtruded, p. pr. & vb. n. Obtruding.]
Etym: [L. obtrudere, obtrusum; ob (see Ob-) + trudere to thrust. See
Threat.]
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. To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will. Milton.
OBTRUDE
Ob*trude", v. i.
Defn: To thrust one's self upon a company or upon attention; to intrude.
Syn. — To Obtrude, Intrude. To intrude is to thrust one's self into a place, society, etc., without right, or uninvited; to obtrude is to force one's self, remarks, opinions, etc., into society or upon persons with whom one has no such intimacy as to justify such boldness.
OBTRUDER
Ob*trud"er, n.
Defn: One who obtrudes. Boyle.