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Webster 1913 Edition
Meddle
Med′dleˊ
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Meddled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Meddling
.] 1.
To mix; to mingle.
[Obs.]
More to know
Did never
Did never
meddle
with my thoughts. Shakespeare
2.
To interest or engage one’s self; to have to do; – in 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
,Verb.
T.
To mix; to mingle.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
“Wine
meddled
with gall.” Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34).
Webster 1828 Edition
Meddle
MED'DLE
, v.i.1.
To have to do; to take part; to interpose and act in the concerns of others, or in affairs in which one's interposition is not necessary; often with the sense of intrusion or officiousness. I have thus far been an upright judge, not meddling with the design nor disposition.
What hast thou to do to meddle with the affairs of my family?
Why should'st thou meddle to thy hurt? 2 Kings 14.
2.
To have to do; to touch; to handle. Meddle not with edge-tools, is an admonition to children. When the object is specified, meddle is properly followed by with or in; usually by the former. The civil lawyers--have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them.
MED'DLE
,Verb.
T.
He meddled his talk with many a tear.