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meddle

[ med-l ]

verb (used without object)

meddled, meddling.
  1. to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly:

    Stop meddling in my personal life!

    Synonyms: , ,



meddle

/ ˈ³¾É›»åÉ™±ô /

verb

  1. usually foll by with to interfere officiously or annoyingly
  2. usually foll by in to involve oneself unwarrantedly

    to meddle in someone's private affairs

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¾±ð»å»å±ô¾±²Ô²µ, adjective
  • ˈ³¾±ð»å»å±ô¾±²Ô²µly, adverb
  • ˈ³¾±ð»å»å±ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¾±ð»å·»å±ô±ð°ù noun
  • ´Ç·±¹±ð°ù·³¾±ð»å·»å±ô±ð verb (used without object) overmeddled overmeddling
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾±ð»å·»å±ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of meddle1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English medlen, from Old French me(s)dler, variant of mesler “to mix,†from Vulgar Latin ³¾¾±²õ³¦³Ü±ôÄå°ù±ð (unrecorded), frequentative of Latin ³¾¾±²õ³¦Å§°ù±ð
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of meddle1

C14: from Old French medler, ultimately from Latin ³¾¾±²õ³¦Å§°ù±ð to mix
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In New England, they meddled, manipulated and even murdered.

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At a July 2018 US-Russia summit in Helsinki, Trump said he had no reason to doubt Putin's insistence, counter to US intelligence findings, that Russia did not meddle in the 2016 US election.

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It’s saying he’s misinformed and fantasizing, not outright lying, as he meddles deeply in California water.

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If he decides to meddle again, he might just blow the whole thing up.

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But Frederiksen's comments also speak to the Danish resolve not to meddle in the internal affairs of Greenland – an autonomous territory with its own parliament and whose population is increasingly leaning towards independence.

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