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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Thrust \Thrust\, v. i.
     1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a
        fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
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     2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
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              And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden.
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     3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to
        intrude. ``Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse.''
        --Chapman.
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     To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.]
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              As doth an eager hound
              Thrust to an hind within some covert glade.
                                                    --Spenser.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Thrust \Thrust\, v. i.
     1. To make a push; to attack with a pointed weapon; as, a
        fencer thrusts at his antagonist.
  
     2. To enter by pushing; to squeeze in.
  
              And thrust between my father and the god. --Dryden.
  
     3. To push forward; to come with force; to press on; to
        intrude. ``Young, old, thrust there in mighty concourse.''
        --Chapman.
  
     To thrust to, to rush upon. [Obs.]
  
              As doth an eager hound Thrust to an hind within some
              covert glade.                         --Spenser.

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