2. To look within; to introspect. Lew Wallace.

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, permission, or welcome; to encroach;

to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to

intrude on the lands of another.

Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced.

Shak.

Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others

fly from us, when we would hold them.

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