v. t. To mix; to mingle, to temper. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ OE. entremedlen, entermellen, to mix together, OF. entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, F. entremêler. See Inter-, and Meddle. ] To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. [ 1913 Webster ]
The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon.
v. t. To intermix; to mingle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Many other adventures are intermeddled. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. --
v. t. To mix; to mingle. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
“Wine meddled with gall.” Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34). [ 1913 Webster ]
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Did never meddle with my thoughts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? 2 Kings xiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
To meddle and make,
n. One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. --
v. t. To meddle unduly. [ 1913 Webster ]