intermeddle
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of intermeddle
1350–1400; inter- + meddle; replacing Middle English entremedlen < Anglo-French entremedler, Old French entremesler
Example Sentences
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"I have considered it as a matter between every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Is a statute less objection able which authorizes expenditure of Fed eral moneys to induce action in a field in which the United States has no power to intermeddle?
From Time Magazine Archive
Intercede and interpose are used in a good sense; intermeddle always in a bad sense, and interfere frequently so.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
I am aware that the subject is one in which strangers cannot intermeddle; the question when it arises must be settled by every heart individually.
From Maids Wives and Bachelors by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Interfere, in-tėr-fēr′, v.i. to come in collision: to intermeddle: to interpose: to act reciprocally—said of waves, rays of light, &c.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
And as I sat listening to them, I could not help thinking how much, and how constantly, bells intermeddled with all the feelings and fortunes of humanity.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Nay, in those ages of the world, it was believed that spirits intermeddled in the affairs of mankind; and, throughout the Old Testament, I do not find any thing that in the least contradicts is.
From The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801) by Defoe, Daniel
They intermeddled xv ceaselessly, embroiled everything, and as a consequence they obstructed success in the field almost as much as if they had been another Confederate army.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume I by Morse, John T. (John Torrey)
A shopkeeper in that remote little town, he not only intermeddled fearlessly with all knowledge, but mastered more than many practised and University men do in their own lines.
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
By this time Pizarro had established some communication with the gun-rooms and between decks, and discovered that the English prisoners had not intermeddled in the mutiny, which was confined to the Indians.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick
Such an arrangement would provide protection for the universities and athletes from intermeddling by third parties, particularly boosters and agents.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2014
Sometimes the Doctrine is shrunk to mean little more than that the U. S. will attempt to discourage European intermeddling in Latin America.
From Time Magazine Archive
Protesting in her behalf, Wolvovitz's co-counsel Jon Pushinsky found himself held in contempt and handed a 30-day suspended sentence for "officious intermeddling."
From Time Magazine Archive
This clause—which, unlike the foregoing, was not rejected—prohibited the postmasters-general and all persons serving under them from intermeddling in elections.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert
We need to give attention exclusively to our development without intermeddling in that of others.
From The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic by Quesada, Ernesto
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