Ob*test", v. i. To protest. [R.] E. Waterhouse.
Ob`tes*ta"tion (?), n. [L. obtestatio.] The act of obtesting;
supplication; protestation. [R.]
Antonio asserted this with great obtestation.
Evelyn.
Ob`trec*ta"tion (?), n. [L. obtrectatio, from obtrectare to detract
from through envy. See Detract.] Slander; detraction; calumny. [Obs.]
Barrow.
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. 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.
Ob*trude", v. i. 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.
Ob*trud"er (?), n. One who obtrudes. Boyle.
Ob*trun"cate (?), v. t. [L. obtruncatus, p. p. of obtruncare.] To
deprive of a limb; to lop. [R.]
Ob`trun*ca"tion (?), n. [L. obtruncatio.] The act of lopping or cutting
off. [R.] Cockeram.
Ob*tru"sion (?), n. [L. obtrusio. See Obtrude.] 1. The act of
obtruding; a thrusting upon others by force or unsolicited; as, the
obtrusion of crude opinions on the world.