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[med-l] 
–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 miscēre to mix
1250–1300; ME medlen < OF me(s)dler, var. of mesler (F mêler) < VL *misculāre, freq. of L miscēre to mix
Related forms:
meddler, noun
med⋅dling⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
intervene, intrude, pry.
intervene, intrude, pry.
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| med·dle (měd'l) intr.v. med·dled, med·dling, med·dles
[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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Meddling
Med"dling\, a. Meddlesome. --Macaulay.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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