trusion

English

Etymology

From Latin trudere, trusum (“to thrust, shove”). Compare French trusion. See intrusion, extrusion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹuːʒən/

Noun

trusion

1. (obsolete) The act of pushing or thrusting.
   • 1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693:

     in the operations of drawing, sucking, pumping, &c. which is really Pulsion and Trusion

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trusion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• nitrous, turions