Meddle
Meddle , intransitive verb
[Old English medlen to mix, Old French medler, mesler, French mêler, Late Latin misculare, a dim. from Latin miscere to mix. r271. See Mix, and compare Medley, Mellay.]
1.
To mix; to mingle. [Obsolete]
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Did never meddle with my thoughts.
2.
To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a good sense. [Obsolete] — Barrow
Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business.
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 disturb another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.
Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt?
The civil lawyers... have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them.
Collocations (1)
To meddle and make , to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic] — Shakespeare
Meddle , transitive verb
To mix; to mingle. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
“Wine meddled with gall.”