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intrusive

adjective

  1. intruding or tending to intrude
  2. Geol. designating or of igneous rock formed from magma that hardened while still within the earth, moon, etc.
  3. Phonet. present or added in speech although not represented originally in spelling or accounted for otherwise etymologically (Ex.: the d added to OE spinel to form spindle)

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See intrusive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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