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meddling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. ? 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Meddling \Med"dling\, a. Meddlesome. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: meddling adj : 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}, {officious}, {busy}, {busybodied}] n : altering something secretly or improperly [syn: {tampering}]
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