1. The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing
(one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment.
Why this intrusion? Were not my orders that I should be private?
Addison.
2. (Geol.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal
state, into the cavities of another.
3. (Law) The entry of a stranger, after a particular estate or freehold
is determined, before the person who holds in remainder or reversion
has taken possession.
4. (Scotch Ch.) The settlement of a minister over a congregation
without their consent.
In*tru"sion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to intrusion.
In*tru"sion*ist, n. One who intrudes; especially, one who favors the
appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes
of the parishioners.
In*tru"sive (?), a. Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion;
entering without right or welcome.
Intrusive rocks (Geol.), rocks which have been forced, while in a
plastic or melted state, into the cavities or between the cracks or
layers of other rocks. The term is sometimes used as equivalent to
plutonic rocks. It is then contrasted with effusive or volcanic rocks.
-- In*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In*tru"sive*ness, n.
In*trust" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Intrusted, p. pr. & vb. n.
Intrusting.] To deliver (something) to another in trust; to deliver to
(another) something in trust; to commit or surrender (something) to
another with a certain confidence regarding his care, use, or disposal
of it; as, to intrust a servant with one's money or intrust money or
goods to a servant.
Syn. -- To commit; consign; confide. See Commit.
In`tu*ba"tion (?), n. [Pref. in- in + tube.] (Med.) The introduction of
a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.
In`tu*i"tion (?), n. [L. intuitus, p. p. of intueri to look on; in- in,
on + tueri: cf. F. intuition. See Tuition.]