Intermeddle

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intermeddle \In`ter*med"dle\, v. i. [OE. entremedlen,
     entermellen, to mix together, OF. entremedler, entremeller,
     entremesler, F. entrem[^e]ler. See {Inter-}, and {Meddle}.]
     To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously;
     to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with.
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           The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by
           conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign
           states.                                  --Bacon.
  
     Syn: To interpose; interfere. See {Interpose}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Intermeddle \In`ter*med"dle\, v. t.
     To intermix; to mingle. [Obs.]
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           Many other adventures are intermeddled.  --Spenser.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "intermeddle":
     Paul-Pry, arrest, bottle up, busybody, butt in, check,
     countercheck, curb, dam up, damp, dampen, delay, detain, encroach,
     entrench, fool, fool with, hinder, hold back, hold in check,
     hold up, horn in, impede, inhibit, intercept, interfere, interlope,
     interrupt, intervene, invade, keep back, keep in check, kibitz,
     make, meddle, meddle with, mess with, monkey with, nose, oppose,
     pry, repress, resist, restrain, retard, scotch, set back, slacken,
     snoop, snub, suppress, tamper with, trespass