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De - Pt| English Dictionary: meddled | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Meddle \Med"dle`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Meddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Meddling}.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F. m[88]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. | |
