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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
meddle \med"dle`\, v. i. imp.  p. p. meddled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. meddling. oe. medlen to mix, of. medler, mesler, f.
   m^eler, ll. misculare, a dim. fr. l. miscere to mix.
   root271. see mix, and cf. medley, mellay.
   1913 webster
   1. to mix; to mingle. obs.
      1913 webster

            more to know
            did never meddle with my thoughts.    --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a
      good sense. obs. --barrow.
      1913 webster

            study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own
            business.                             --tyndale.
      1913 webster

   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.
      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, to intrude one's self into another
      person's concerns. archaic --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: to interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
        1913 webster
see also:
meddled meddling mix medley mellay to meddle and make 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
meddling \med"dling\, a.
   meddlesome. --macaulay.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
meddling
     adj : intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering
           old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an
           officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other
           people's business" syn: interfering, meddlesome, officious,
            busy, busybodied
     n : the act of altering something secretly or improperly syn: tampering
see also:
interfering meddlesome officious busy busybodied tampering 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
25 moby thesaurus words for "meddling":
   busy, busybody, butting-in, forward, forwardness, impertinence,
   impertinent, inquisitive, inquisitiveness, intermeddling,
   intrusiveness, meddlesome, meddlesomeness, nosy, obtrusiveness,
   officious, officiousness, presumption, presumptuous,
   presumptuousness, prying, pushing, pushy, self-appointed, snoopy





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