retrude

[ ri-trood ]

verb (used with object)

, Dentistry.

, re·trud·ed, re·trud·ing.

1. to produce retrusion in.

Word History and Origins

Origin of retrude¹

1640–50; < Latin retrūdere to thrust back, equivalent to re- re- + trūdere to thrust

Example Sentences

Retrude, rē-trōōd′, v.t. to thrust back.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Retrude, wife of Salinguerra, and also present on this occasion, only lives to be conveyed to Adelaide's castle at Goito; but her new-born child survives; and Adelaide, dreading his future rivalry with her own, allows his father to think him dead, and brings him up, under the name of Sordello, as her page, declaring him to be Elcorte's son adopted out of gratitude.

From Project Gutenberg

He is really the son of Salinguerra and Retrude, a connection of Frederick II., but Adelaide conceals this, and brings him up as her page, alleging that he is the son of Elcorte, an archer.

From Project Gutenberg

He who will, may perchance hear Sordello's story told, even from his remote ancestry, but to the untutored reader the only clear point regarding heredity is the fusion in Sordello of the restless energy and acumen of his father, Taurello, with the refinement and sensibility of his mother, Retrude.

From Project Gutenberg