retrude

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verb

To thrust back.

OriginLatin retrudere →
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Meanings

verbretrude (third-person singular simple present retrudes, present participle retruding, simple past and past participle retruded)

present singular third person retrudes · participle present retruding · participle past retruded · past retruded

  1. To thrust back.

    our Tincture of Philosophers is both included, and retruded

    1670, The Golden Calf, translation of original by Johann Friedrich Schweitzer

Origin

  1. Latinretrudere
  2. Englishretrude

From Latin retrudere; re- + trudere (“to thrust”).

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APA

retrude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrude

MLA

“retrude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrude. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “retrude,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/retrude.

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