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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)

  1. (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
    • I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
  2. (intransitive) 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.
  3. Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.
  4. (intransitive) To sexually molest, especially of a child.
    • The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.

Forms of enterfere

third-person singular presententerferes
present participleenterfering
past participleenterfered
pastenterfered

Questions about enterfere

What is enterfere the obsolete form of?
Enterfere is the obsolete form of interfere.

Words near enterfere in the dictionary

  1. enterest
  2. enterested
  3. enteresting
  4. enterests
  5. entereth
  6. enterfere
  7. enterferes
  8. enteric
  9. enteric fever
  10. enteric nervous system
  11. enteric nervous systems

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