intermeddle

[ in-ter-med-l ]

verb (used without object)

, in·ter·med·dled, in·ter·med·dling.

1. to take part in a matter, especially officiously; meddle.

intermeddle

/ ˌɪntəˈmɛdəl /

verb

1. rare.
   intr another word for meddle

Other Words From

• inter·meddler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of intermeddle¹

1350–1400; inter- + meddle; replacing Middle English entremedlen < Anglo-French entremedler, Old French entremesler

Word History and Origins

Origin of intermeddle¹

C14 entremedle, from Anglo-Norman entremedler, from Old French; see inter- + meddle

Example Sentences

With it a stranger cannot intermeddle; it is unspeakable and full of glory!

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Such is their situation that they cannot intermeddle with the concerns of their husbands, without exciting their jealousy.

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Go to, sirrah, I will not have your kindness to intermeddle with her kind; she is meat for your master.

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It was urged upon him that he should not intermeddle with foreign institutions or with the political predilections of individuals.

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I am, if I may say it with reverence, drawn in I hope by a good Providence to intermeddle on a noble and high argument.

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Related Words

• hamper
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• intervene
• intrude
• meddle
• prevent