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/ˌɪntərfˈɪrɪŋ/ /ˌɪnərfˈɪrɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Interfere v. i. (past & past part. interfered; pres. part. interfering)

1.

To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; usually used with with; as, interfering claims, or commands; workers in a crowded shop may interfere with each other's activity.

2.

To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose; used with in or with; as, to interfere with the way I raise my children. "To interfere with party disputes." "There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions."

3.

To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.

4.

(Physics) To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.

5.

(Patent Law) To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention; as, to interfere with another patent.

Synonyms: To interpose; intermeddle. See Interpose.

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"Interfering" Quotes from Famous Books

... and interfering of you to say anything of the sort, then; what business have you meddling with other people's love affairs?" interrupted Elsie sharply; and Maud glanced at her, and turned away quickly to avoid a look of sympathetic understanding. Elsie was old beyond her years, and had been ...

— A Houseful of Girls • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

... there is a tradition in our family, strikingly corroborative of this. The tradition alluded to bears that I never cried while an infant, and that I never could endure my rattle. Well, gentlemen, such were and such still are my dispositions. But, offending no one, and interfering with no one, how have I been treated in my ...

— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI • Various

... Count's legislative authority, it had become coordinate with, if not subordinate to, that of the representative body. He was strictly prohibited from interfering with the right of the separate or the general states to assemble as often as they should think proper; and he was also forbidden to summon them outside their own territory. This was one immense step in the progress of representative ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... milk production. Milk chocolate is not made from milk produced in the winter, when milk is scarce, but from milk produced in the spring and summer when there is milk in excess of the usual household requirements, and when it is rich and creamy. The importance of not interfering with the normal milk supply to local customers is appreciated by the chocolate makers, who take steps to prevent this. It will interest public analysts and others to know that Cadbury's have had no difficulty in making it a stipulation in ...

— Cocoa and Chocolate - Their History from Plantation to Consumer • Arthur W. Knapp

... Franick Castle, when Lady Dunstable, unsuspecting, should open the letter which announced to her the advent of her daughter-in-law, Elena, nee Flink—or should gather the same unlovely fact from a casual newspaper paragraph. As for interfering between her and her rich deserts, Doris vowed to herself she would not lift a finger. That incredibly forgiving young woman, Miss Wigram, might do as she pleased. But when a mother pursues her own selfish ends so as to make her only son dislike and shun her, ...

— A Great Success • Mrs Humphry Ward

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