Meaning of INTERMEDDLE
 Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
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}.
\In`ter*med"dle\, v. t.
To intermix; to mingle. [Obs.]
Many other adventures are intermeddled. --Spenser.
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