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Meddling
(gcide) | 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.]
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1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
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Did never meddle with my thoughts. --Shak.
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2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a
good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own
business. --Tyndale.
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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.
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Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv.
10.
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The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter
that belongs not to them. --Locke.
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To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another
person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak.
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Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
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Meddling
(gcide) | Meddling \Med"dling\, a.
Meddlesome. --Macaulay.
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meddling
(wn) | meddling
adj 1: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an
interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly
making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about
other people's business" [syn: interfering,
meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy,
busybodied]
n 1: the act of altering something secretly or improperly [syn:
meddling, tampering] |
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Intermeddling
(gcide) | Intermeddling \In`ter*med"dling\, n.
The act of improperly interfering. --Burke.
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Meddling
(gcide) | 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.]
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1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
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More to know
Did never meddle with my thoughts. --Shak.
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2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a
good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow.
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Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own
business. --Tyndale.
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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.
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Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv.
10.
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The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter
that belongs not to them. --Locke.
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To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another
person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak.
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Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
[1913 Webster]Meddling \Med"dling\, a.
Meddlesome. --Macaulay.
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Meddlingly
(gcide) | Meddlingly \Med"dling*ly\, adv.
In a meddling manner.
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Overmeddling
(gcide) | Overmeddling \O`ver*med"dling\, n.
Excessive interference. "Justly shent for their
overmeddling." --Fuller.
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Unmeddling
(gcide) | Unmeddling \Unmeddling\
See meddling. |
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