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Webster 1828 Edition


Intruding

INTRUDING

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ppr.
Entering without invitation, right or welcome.

Definition 2024


intruding

intruding

English

Verb

intruding

  1. present participle of intrude

Noun

intruding (plural intrudings)

  1. intrusion
    • Herman Melville, Pierre
      [] he rose and adjusted his alarm-clock, so that it would emphatically repeat the hour of five. Then to bed again, and driving off all intrudings of thoughtfulness, and resolutely bending himself to slumber, he by-and-by fell into its [] arms.