Med"dle , v. t. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
"Wine meddled with gall."
Wyclif
(Matt. xxvii. 34).
Med"dle` (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meddled (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Meddling (?).]
[OE. medlen to mix, OF.
medler, mesler, F. mêler, LL. misculare, a
dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. √271. 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; --
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.
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