intermeddle

[ in-ter-med-l ]
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verb (used without object),in·ter·med·dled, in·ter·med·dling.
  1. to take part in a matter, especially officiously; meddle.

Origin of intermeddle

1
1350–1400; inter- + meddle; replacing Middle English entremedlen<Anglo-French entremedler,Old French entremesler

Other words from intermeddle

  • in·ter·med·dler, noun

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How to use intermeddle in a sentence

  • The engagements taken with him were previous to the arrival of my colleagues, who have not therefore intermeddled in the affair.

  • Who it could have been that so far intermeddled with his affairs as to write to him, he could not possibly conceive.

    Varney the Vampire | Thomas Preskett Prest
  • “You are wrong, Captain Uraga,” interposed he who had intermeddled, addressing himself to the officer.

    The Lone Ranche | Captain Mayne Reid
  • While slavery did not in any way harm New England, she intermeddled in a mood of moral fanaticism.

    Children of the Market Place | Edgar Lee Masters
  • Glory's hands were busy in the bread bowl, and her brain kneading its secret thoughts that no one knew or intermeddled with.

    Faith Gartney's Girlhood | Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

British Dictionary definitions for intermeddle

intermeddle

/ (ˌɪntəˈmɛdəl) /


verb
  1. (intr) rare another word for meddle

Origin of intermeddle

1
C14 entremedle, from Anglo-Norman entremedler, from Old French; see inter- + meddle

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