Meddle

  • 21meddle — verb (usu. meddle in/with) interfere in something that is not one s concern. Derivatives meddler noun Origin ME (in the sense mix ): from OFr. medler, var. of mesler, based on L. miscere to mix …

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  • 22meddle — verb (I) 1 to deliberately become involved in a situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understand (+ in/with): I wish you wouldn t meddle in my affairs. 2 to touch something carelessly in a way that might break it (+ with): The… …

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  • 23meddle — verb 1) don t meddle in my affairs Syn: interfere in/with, butt in/into, intrude on/into, intervene in, pry into; informal poke one s nose in, horn in on, muscle in on, snoop into, stick one s oar in, kibitz in 2) someone had been meddling with… …

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  • 24Meddle Tour — Tour by Pink Floyd Start date 15 October 1971 End date 20 November 1971 Legs 1 Shows 26 …

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  • 25Meddle (song) — This article is about the Little Boots song. For the Pink Floyd album, see Meddle. Meddle Single by Little Boots from the album Arecibo and Hands …

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  • 26meddle in/with — interfere in something that is not one s concern. → meddle …

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  • 27meddle nor make —  Neither meddle nor make, i. e. not to interfere. North …

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  • 28meddle — intransitive verb (meddled; meddling) Etymology: Middle English medlen, from Anglo French mesler, medler, from Vulgar Latin *misculare, from Latin miscēre to mix more at mix Date: 14th century to interest oneself in what is not one s concern ;… …

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  • 29meddle — meddler, n. meddlingly, adv. /med l/, v.i., meddled, meddling. to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life! [1250 1300; ME medlen < OF me(s)dler, var. of&#8230; …

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  • 30meddle — verb /ˈmɛd.əl,ˈmɛdl̩/ a) To have sex. he cut a locke of all their heare, / Which medling with their bloud and earth, he threw / Into the graue [...]. b) To interfere or ; to concern oneself with unduly. And in the same tyme that they medled&#8230; …

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