enterfere
enterfere is the obsolete form of interfere.
Meaning of interfere
Verb
interfere (third-person singular simple present interferes, present participle interfering, simple past and past participle interfered)
- To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
- I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
- Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
- Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
- Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.
- To sexually molest, especially of a child.
- The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.
Forms of enterfere
| third-person singular present | enterferes |
|---|---|
| present participle | enterfering |
| past participle | enterfered |
| past | enterfered |
Questions about enterfere
- What is enterfere the obsolete form of?
- Enterfere is the obsolete form of interfere.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: enterfere (page history and authors); interfere (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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