meddle+with

  • 1meddle with — Deal, treat, take part, have to do …

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  • 2make or meddle with — To have to do with, interfere with • • • Main Entry: ↑make …

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  • 3Meddle — 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 mix;… …

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  • 4meddle — meddle, interfere, intermeddle, tamper are comparable when they mean to busy or concern oneself with someone or something officiously, impertinently, or indiscreetly. One meddles with or in something that is not one s concern or is strictly the… …

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  • 5meddle — med|dle [ˈmedl] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: mesler, medler, from [i]Latin miscere to mix ] 1.) to deliberately try to influence or change a situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understand = ↑interfere meddle in ▪… …

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  • 6meddle — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, 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,… …

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  • 7Meddle Tour — Tour by Pink Floyd Start date 15 October 1971 End date 20 November 1971 Legs 1 Shows 26 …

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  • 8meddle — [med′ l] vi. meddled, meddling [ME medlen < OFr medler, mesler (Fr mêler), to mix, hence “mix in,” meddle < VL * misculare < L miscere, to MIX] 1. to concern oneself with or take part in other people s affairs without being asked or… …

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  • 9meddle — (v.) early 14c., to mingle, blend, mix, from O.N.Fr. medler (O.Fr. mesler, 12c., Mod.Fr. mêler) to mix, mingle, to meddle, from V.L. *misculare (source of Prov. mesclar, Sp. mezclar, It. mescolare, meschiare), from L. miscere to mix (see MIX (Cf …

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  • 10Meddle — Med dle, v. t. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Wine meddled with gall. Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34). [1913 Webster] …

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