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entermedle

entermedle is the archaic form of intermeddle.

Meaning of intermeddle

Verb

intermeddle (third-person singular simple present intermeddles, present participle intermeddling, simple past and past participle intermeddled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mix, mingle together.
  2. (obsolete, reflexive) To get mixed up (with).
  3. (intransitive) To butt in, to interfere in or with.
    • The practice of Spain hath been, […]by war[…] and […]by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states.a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount...

Forms of entermedle

third-person singular presententermedles
present participleentermedling
past participleentermedled
pastentermedled

Questions about entermedle

What is entermedle the archaic form of?
Entermedle is the archaic form of intermeddle.

Words near entermedle in the dictionary

  1. enterlacing
  2. Enterline
  3. Enterlines
  4. enterlude
  5. enterludes
  6. entermedle
  7. entermedled
  8. entermise
  9. entero
  10. entero-
  11. enteroadherent

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entermedle (page history and authors); intermeddle (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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