retrude

English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. To thrust back.
   • 1670, The Golden Calf, translation of original by Johann Friedrich Schweitzer:

     our Tincture of Philosophers is both included, and retruded

References

• “retrude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

retrūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of retrūdō