English

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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Latin

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Verb

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retrūde

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of retrūdō