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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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12 words match “INTERMEDDLE”

INTERMEDDLE v. 2 definitions
x or meddle with. The practice of Spain hath been, by war and by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Bacon.
INTERMEDDLER n.
One who meddles with, or intrudes into, the affairs of others. Swift.
INTERMEDDLESOME a.
Inclined or disposed to intermeddle. -- In`ter*med"dle*some*ness, n.
ENTERMETE v.
To interfere; to intermeddle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
EXECUTOR n.
ed by a Executor de son tort Etym: [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
HENHUSSY n.
A cotquean; a man who intermeddles with women's concerns.
INTERFERE v.
To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose. To interfere with party disputes. Swift. There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions. Bp. Warburton.
INTERLOPE v.
from the other; to traffic without a proper license; to intrude; to forestall others; to intermeddle.
INTERMELL v.
To intermeddle; to intermix. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
INTROMIT v.
To intermeddle with the effects or goods of another.
OVEROFFICIOUS a.
Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. Collier.
STRANGER n.
One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.