intermeddle
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- intermeddler noun
Etymology
Origin of intermeddle
1350–1400; inter- + meddle; replacing Middle English entremedlen < Anglo-French entremedler, Old French entremesler
Example Sentences
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Sir William advised that the only aim of intervention should be peace, and that “to interpose without the means or the intention to carry into effect a permanent pacification is not to intervene, but to intermeddle.”
From New York Times
Without credible peace negotiations, firing cruise missiles at Syria would be to intermeddle.
From New York Times
If it be not "a grand impertinence," an intrusion into matters with which no stranger has a right to intermeddle, it is at least taking a great liberty to thrust upon a man our opinion in censure of his own.
From Project Gutenberg
Some persons have especial need to consider this sin—they are tempted to play the part of Providence, to intermeddle where they ought to refrain.
From Project Gutenberg
Send a Minister to Congress," said I, "at the peace, a clever fellow, who understands himself, and will neither set us bad examples, nor intermeddle in our parties.
From Project Gutenberg
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