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med·dle

[med-l] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used without object), -dled, -dling.

to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME medlen < OF me(s)dler, var. of mesler (F mêler) < VL *misculāre, freq. of L miscére to mix

]

—Related forms

meddler, noun

med·dling·ly, adverb

—Synonyms intervene, intrude, pry.

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med·dle (měd'l) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles

To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere.
To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper.

[Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, variant of Old French mesler, from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, to mix thoroughly, from Latin miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.]

med'dler (měd'lər, měd'l-ər) n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
meddle

c.1290, "to mingle," from O.N.Fr. medler (O.Fr. mesler) "to mix, mingle, to meddle," from V.L. *misculare, from L. miscere "to mix" (see mix). Meaning "to concern oneself" (usually disparaging) is attested from 1415. From c.1340 to 1700, it also was a euphemism for "have sexual intercourse." Meddlesome is attested from 1615.

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meddle
verb
intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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Meddle

Med"dle\, v. t. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

"Wine meddled with gall." --Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34).

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