▪ I. intruse, a. Bot.
(ɪnˈtruːs)
[ad. L. intrūs-us, pa. pple. of intrūdĕre to intrude.]
Having a form as if pushed or thrust inwards.
| 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 51 Siléne conica..calyx..intruse at the base. |
▪ II. † inˈtruse, v. Obs. Chiefly Sc.
[f. L. intrūs-, ppl. stem of intrūdĕre to intrude.]
= intrude v.
| c 1470 Henryson Mor. Fab. xii. (Wolf & Lamb) xii, Thow wald intruse ressoun, Quhair wrang and reif suld dwell in propertie. ? 1535 Boorde Let. 12 Aug. in Introd. Knowl. (1870) Forewords 48, I amonges yow intrusyd in a close ayre, myȝth neuer haue my helth. 1554 Latimer Disput. Oxon. Wks. (Parker Soc.) II. 482 Which indeed you may by violence, might, and power, thrust and intruse into sound of words of some places of scripture. c 1570 Schort Somme 1st Bk. Discipl. §4 No minister suld be intrused upon any particular kirk without thair consent. |
Hence † inˈtrused ppl. a., intruded.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 577 Thus endit he [who] wes bot intrusit king. |