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Meddle v. t. To mix; to mingle. (Obs.) ""Wine meddled with gall.""

Meddle v. i. (past & past part. meddled; pres. part. meddling)

To mix; to mingle. (Obs.) "More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts."

To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; in a good sense. (Obs.) "Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business."

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?" "The civil lawyers... have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them."

To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. (Archaic)

Synonyms: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Meddle" Quotes from Famous Books

... answer for the minds and fancies of young women, Captain Spike. They are difficult to understand; and I would rather not meddle with ...

— Jack Tier or The Florida Reef • James Fenimore Cooper

... exclaimed, "I did not expect to find you so engaged. These seem to be law papers—very dangerous, indeed, madam, for unprofessional persons to meddle with such things. Permit me to look at them;" and he held out his hand towards Mr. Marlow, as if expecting to receive the papers without a word of remonstrance. But Mr. Marlow held them back, saying, in a very calm, civil tone, "Excuse me, sir! We are conversing over the matter ...

— The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 • Various

... roared with rage. "I will seek this impudent Thrym!" he cried. "I will crush him into bits, and teach him to meddle with the ...

— Myths That Every Child Should Know - A Selection Of The Classic Myths Of All Times For Young People • Various

... "I shall not meddle with the crew, Sennit," I overheard Powlett say, in a sort of complaining tone, as he walked away from his companion. "Really, I cannot become the master of a press-gang, though the Speedy had to be worked by her officers. You are used to this business, and I leave ...

— Miles Wallingford - Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" • James Fenimore Cooper

... disease of the soul. For they will fancy, says Plato, that they understand the highest truths, when the very contrary is really the case. I earnestly therefore entreat men of this description, not to meddle with any of the profound speculations of the Platonic philosophy, for it is more dangerous to urge them to such an employment, than to advise them to follow their sordid avocations with unwearied assiduity, ...

— Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato • Thomas Taylor

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