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Mellay

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.

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