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Meddle

Meddle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Meddle? [v] intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Meddle: tamper Related Terms \| Find terms related to Meddle: advise \| advocate \| arrest \| bottle up \| brief \| busybody \| butt in \| check \| coach \| confer \| consult with \| counsel \| countercheck \| curb \| dam up \| damp \| dampen \| delay \| detain \| direct \| fool \| fool with \| guide \| hinder \| hold back \| hold in check \| hold up \| horn in \| impede \| inhibit \| instruct \| intercept \| interfere \| interlope \| intermeddle \| interrupt \| intervene \| intrude \| invade \| keep back \| keep in check \| kibitz \| make \| meddle with \| mess around \| mess with \| monkey with \| nose \| obtrude \| oppose \| Paul-Pry \| peek \| peep \| prescribe \| propose \| pry \| recommend \| repress \| resist \| restrain \| retard \| scotch \| set back \| slacken \| snoop \| snub \| spy \| submit \| suggest \| suppress \| tamper \| tamper with \| trespass See Also \| interfere \| interpose \| intervene \| step in Meddle In Webster's Dictionary \Med"dle`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meddling}.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F. m[^e]ler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. ? See {Mix}, and cf. {Medley}, {Mellay}.] 1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts. --Shak. 2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- ? a good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow. Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. --Tyndale. 3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in. Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv. 10. The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. --Locke. {To meddle and make}, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak. Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle. \Med"dle\, v. t. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] --Chaucer. ``Wine meddled with gall.'' --Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34).

Meddle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Meddle?

[v] intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Meddle: tamper

See Also | interfere | interpose | intervene | step in

Meddle In Webster's Dictionary

\Med"dle`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meddled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Meddling}.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F.
m[^e]ler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. ? See
{Mix}, and cf. {Medley}, {Mellay}.]
1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]

         More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts.
                                               --Shak.

2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- ? a
   good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow.

         Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own
         business.                             --Tyndale.

3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or
   impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly
   with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub
   another's property without permission; -- often followed
   by with or in.

         Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv.
                                               10.

         The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter
         that belongs not to them.             --Locke.

{To meddle and make}, to intrude one's self into another
   person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak.

Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.


\Med"dle\, v. t.
To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

      ``Wine meddled with gall.''              --Wyclif
                                               (Matt. xxvii.
                                               34).

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