a. [ L. abstrusus, p. p. of abstrudere to thrust away, conceal; ab, abs + trudere to thrust; cf. F. abstrus. See Threat. ] 1. Concealed or hidden out of the way. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The eternal eye whose sight discerns
Abstrusest thoughts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Remote from apprehension; difficult to be comprehended or understood; recondite; as, abstruse learning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Profound and abstruse topics. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an abstruse manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being abstruse; difficulty of apprehension. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abstrusio. See Abstruse. ] The act of thrusting away. [ R. ] Ogilvie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Abstruseness; that which is abstruse. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state or interval of sexual inactivity between two periods of estrus; -- applies to nonhuman mammals. [ Also spelled anoestrus. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. opposed to trusts, monopolies, or other large combinations of business or capital which threaten fair competition; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices; -- of laws and regulations.
Syn. -- antimonopoly. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. antrustio. ] A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To trust or intrust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of intrusting, or the thing intrusted. [ Obs. ] Chipman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Celastraceae, comprising the plants called climbing bittersweet; bittersweet and shrubby bittersweet; they are woody vines and shrubs native chiefly to Asia and Australia, bearing yellow to orange capsules which open to expose red-coated seeds. See also bittersweet{ 3b }.
Syn. -- genus Celastrus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ L., a citron tree. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, lime, tangerine, citron, grapefruit, etc., originally natives of southern Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) any tree belonging to the genus Citrus, having leathery evergreen leaves and bearing a soft pulpy fruit covered by a thick skin; -- called also citrus tree. [ PJC ]

3. (Bot.) the fruit of a tree belonging to the genus Citrus, having a thick shiny skin and a soft, sweet to tart pulp. [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) same as citrus{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. A joint trustee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. detrusio. See Detrude. ] The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust. -- De*tru"sive, a. [1913 Webster]

n. a state or interval of sexual inactivity or quiescence between periods of activity; -- of animals having several estrous cycles in one breeding season.
Syn. -- diestrum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distrusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Distrusting. ] [ Cf. Mistrust. ] To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not distrusting my health. 2 Mac. ix. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

To distrust the justice of your cause. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of all afraid,
Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; lack of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suspicion of evil designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who distrusts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not confident; diffident; wanting confidence or thrust; modest; as, distrustful of ourselves, of one's powers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Distrustful sense with modest caution speaks. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apt to distrust; suspicious; mistrustful. Boyle.

-- Dis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*trust"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Free from distrust. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Intrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Etruscus. ] Of or relating to Etruria. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Etruria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Extrude. ] (Geol.) Forced out at the surface; as, extrusive rocks; -- contrasted with intrusive. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. The type genus of the family Holocentridae, comprising some of the squirrelfishes.
Syn. -- genus Holocentrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.

-- In`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In`ob*tru"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. intrusion. See Intrude. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why this intrusion?
Were not my orders that I should be private? Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The penetrating of one rock, while in a plastic or metal state, into the cavities of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Scotch Ch.) The settlement of a minister over a congregation without their consent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to intrusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apt to intrude; characterized by intrusion; entering without right or welcome. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Carp.) A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of confidence or trust; suspicion; distrust. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To regard with jealousy or suspicion; to suspect; to doubt the integrity of; to distrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will never mistrust my wife again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To forebode as near, or likely to occur; to surmise. [ 1913 Webster ]

By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who mistrusts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or causing mistrust, suspicions, or forebodings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their light blown out in some mistrustful wood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mis*trust"ful*ly, adv. -- Mis*trust"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With distrust or suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no mistrust or suspicion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swain mistrustless of his smutted face. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is obtruded. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who practices or excuses obtrusion. [ R. ] Gent. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disposed to obtrude; inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others, or to enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. -- Ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- Ob*tru"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not obvious, not obtrusive, but retired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a gadfly; also, frenzy, fr. Gr. &unr_; gadfly; hence, sting, fury, insane desire, frenzy. ] 1. (Zool.) A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvae in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vehement desire. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Specifically: (Physiol.) The periodical sexual impulse of animals; the period during which female animals are most receptive to males; heat; rut. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. To rush out; to issue, or run out, forcibly. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excessive confidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To trust too much. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being protruded or thrust out; protractile; protrusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being protruded, or thrust forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Capable of being protruded; protrusile. [ 1913 Webster ]