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Definitions for: Meddle
[v] intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly; "Don't meddle in my affairs!"
Webster (1913) Definition: Med"dle`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meddled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Meddling.] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F.
m[^e]ler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. ? See
Mix, and cf. Medley, Mellay.]
1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts.
--Shak.
2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- ? a
good sense. [Obs.] --Barrow.
Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own
business. --Tyndale.
3. To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or
impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly
with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub
another's property without permission; -- often followed
by with or in.
Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? --2 Kings xiv.
10.
The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter
that belongs not to them. --Locke.
To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another
person's concerns. [Archaic] --Shak.
Syn: To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
Med"dle, v. t.
To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
``Wine meddled with gall.'' --Wyclif
(Matt. xxvii.
34).
Synonyms: tamper
See Also: interfere, interpose, intervene, step in
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