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entremedle

entremedle 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 entremedle

third-person singular presententremedles
present participleentremedling
past participleentremedled
pastentremedled

Questions about entremedle

What is entremedle the archaic form of?
Entremedle is the archaic form of intermeddle.

Words near entremedle in the dictionary

  1. entrees
  2. Entrekin
  3. Entrekins
  4. entrelac
  5. Entrelacs
  6. entremedle
  7. entremedled
  8. entremet
  9. entremetier
  10. entremetiers
  11. entremets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entremedle (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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