INTERMEDDLE


Meaning of INTERMEDDLE in English

|intə(r)+ verb

Etymology: Middle English entermedlen, from Middle French entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, from Old French, from entre- inter- + medler, meller, mesler to mix — more at meddle

transitive verb

1. obsolete : intermingle

2. obsolete : interpose

intransitive verb

: to meddle with the affairs of others : meddle officiously : interfere

must know and intermeddle with mysteries — Mary Webb

any intermeddling with slavery in the federal district — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager

Synonyms: see meddle

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