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noun

Intrusion n.

The act of intruding, or of forcing in; especially, the forcing (one's self) into a place without right or welcome; encroachment. "Why this intrusion? Were not my orders that I should be private?"

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

(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.

(Scotch Ch.) The settlement of a minister over a congregation without their consent.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Intrusion" Quotes from Famous Books

... guard against the intrusion of Clothes moths (Tinea), while many other species of minute moths (Tineids) and of Leaf-rollers (Tortricidae) will be flying about orchards and gardens just as the buds are beginning to unfold; especially ...

— Our Common Insects - A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, - Gardens and Houses • Alpheus Spring Packard

... withering glance, Doctor X. Ray left the room and the house. His reputation was such as to admit of no intrusion. ...

— Advanced Chemistry • Jack G. Huekels

... Maimonides has no position of authority in the Synagogue, modern times have witnessed no successful intrusion of a rival. Most writers of treatises on Judaism prefer to describe rather than to define the religious tenets of the faith. In America there have been several suggestions of a Creed. Articles of faith have been there chiefly formulated for the reception of proselytes. ...

— Judaism • Israel Abrahams

... father," replied she, calmly; "but it appears to me not seemly that you should enter the chamber of a young woman during her husband's absence. I might have been in my bed. It is a strange intrusion." ...

— The Phantom Ship • Captain Frederick Marryat

... no longer considered as vermin to be exterminated whenever the opportunity presented itself. For the first time in Virginia's history, the Indian was considered to have an unquestioned legal right to the land. The setting aside of a reservation for the Indians into which English intrusion was forbidden marked the end of the "perpetual enmity" policy of earlier days. When differences arose, they might still be settled by peace or by war, but the right of either side to exist would ...

— Virginia Under Charles I And Cromwell, 1625-1660 • Wilcomb E. Washburn

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