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  1. 1. v. i. To mix; to mingle. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- / a good sense. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. 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. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To mix; to mingle. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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; -- [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. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] Chaucer. "Wine meddled with gall." Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34). Source: webster
  7. 7. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] Chaucer."Wine meddled with gall." Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34). Source: adambom
  8. 8. v:100 v. intrude in other people's affairs or business; interfere unwantedly Source: ecdict

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