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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

obtrectatio

, from

obtrectare

to detract from through envy. See

Slander; detraction; calumny.

[Obs.]

Barrow.

The objects of our senses

obtrude

their particular ideas upon our minds, whether we will or no.

Lock.

To offer with unreasonable importunity; to urge unduly or against the will.

Milton.

Noun.

[L. obtrectatio, from obtrecto; ob and tracto.]

Slander; detraction; calumny. [Little used.]