meddle

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"You better promise me not to meddle, Alvin Junior, or I just won't go home."

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  1. intransitive verb To intrude into other people's affairs or business; interfere. See Synonyms at interfere.
  2. intransitive verb To handle something idly or ignorantly; tamper.

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  • Her natural bent was to meddle, and with nothing, else to do it had practically became an obsession. —  Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth
  • When one person grew too weary to continue braiding or cutting, when someones hands grew too stiff or blistered, another would take over. —  Dragons Of A Lost Star
  • If he began to meddle, he could easily undo everything that Melles and Thayer had worked so hard to establish. —  Storm Breaking
  • "You better promise me not to meddle, Alvin Junior, or I just won't go home." —  He Don't Know Him
  • "I do not meddle," Astinus replied, "as you well know. —  Time of the Twins
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, variant of Old French mesler, from Vulgar Latin *misculāre, to mix thoroughly, from Latin miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also medle; from Middle English medlen, medelen, from Old French medler, mesler, assimilated meiler, meller, French mêler = Provencal messlar = Spanish mezelar = Portuguese mesclar = Italian mischiare, mescolare, mix, from Middle Latin as if *misculare, from Latin miscere, mix: see mix. Cf. mell, medley, intermeddle, etc.
 

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