INTERMEDDLE

Etymology

Verb

intermeddle (third-person singular simple present intermeddles, present participle intermeddling, simple past and past participle intermeddled)

(obsolete, transitive) To mix, mingle together. [14^th-18^thc.]

(obsolete, reflexive) To get mixed up (with). [15^th-17^thc.]

(intransitive) To butt in, to interfere in or with. [from 15^thc.]

Synonyms

• butt in, meddle

Source: Wiktionary

In`ter*med"dle, v. i. Etym: [OE. entremedlen, entermellen, to mix together, OF. entremedler, entremeller, entremesler, F. entremêler. See Inter-, and Meddle.]

Definition: To meddle with the affairs of others; to meddle officiously; to interpose or interfere improperly; to mix or meddle with. The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon.

Syn.

– To interpose; interfere. See Interpose.

In`ter*med"dle, v. t.

Definition: To intermix; to mingle. [Obs.] Many other adventures are intermeddled. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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