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11meddle — [v] intervene, interfere abuse rights, advance, barge in, break in on, busybody*, butt in*, chime in, come uninvited, crash the gates*, dabble in, encroach, encumber, fool with, hinder, horn in*, impede, impose, infringe, inquire, interlope,… …
12Meddle — This article is about the Pink Floyd album. For the song by Little Boots, see Meddle (song). For a definition of the word meddle , see the Wiktionary entry meddle …
13To meddle and make — Meddle 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. [root]271. See {Mix}, and cf. {Medley}, {Mellay}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To …
14meddle — v. (D; intr.) to meddle in; with (don t meddle in their affairs) * * * [medl] with (don t meddle in their affairs) (D; intr.) to meddle in …
15meddle — [[t]me̱d(ə)l[/t]] meddles, meddling, meddled VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone meddles in something, you are criticizing the fact that they try to influence or change it without being asked. [V in/with n] Already some people are asking… …
16meddle — verb (I) 1 to deliberately become involved in a situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understand (+ in/with): I wish you wouldn t meddle in my affairs. 2 to touch something carelessly in a way that might break it (+ with): The… …
17meddle — verb 1) don t meddle in my affairs Syn: interfere in/with, butt in/into, intrude on/into, intervene in, pry into; informal poke one s nose in, horn in on, muscle in on, snoop into, stick one s oar in, kibitz in 2) someone had been meddling with… …
18meddle in — phr verb Meddle in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑affair, ↑politics …
19meddle in/with — interfere in something that is not one s concern. → meddle …
20meddle — verb (usu. meddle in/with) interfere in something that is not one s concern. Derivatives meddler noun Origin ME (in the sense mix ): from OFr. medler, var. of mesler, based on L. miscere to mix …
