v. t. To mix; to mingle. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
“Wine meddled with gall.” Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34). [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
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Did never meddle with my thoughts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? 2 Kings xiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
To meddle and make,
n. One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others; officiously intrusive. --