Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-TRUDE
PRO-TRUDE, v.t. [L. protrudo; pro and trudo, to thrust. See Thrust.]
- To thrust forward; to drive or force along; as, food protracted from the stomach into the intestine. – Locke.
- To thrust out, as from confinement. The contents of the abdomen are protruded in hernia.
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