Meddle /(?)/

Med·dle

Meddle

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Meddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Meddling

  1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
    More to know Did never meddle with my thoughts.
  2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a good sense. [Obs.]
    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.

Phrases & Compounds

To meddle and make
to intrude one's self into another person's concerns.

Meddle

v. t.
  1. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
    “Wine meddled with gall.”