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intermeddle

UK/ˌɪntəˈmɛd(ə)l//ˌɪntɚˈmɛdəl/

intermeddle verb: to mix, mingle together.

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...
    • I must desire all those critics to mind their own business, and not to intermeddle with affairs or works which no ways concern them; for till they produce the authority by which they are constituted judges, I shall not plead to their jurisdiction.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 2, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book BOOK I

intermeddle meaning in Urdu

intermeddle in Urdu

دخل انداز ہونا, ٹانگ اڑانا

Synonyms of intermeddle

Forms of intermeddle

third-person singular presentintermeddles
present participleintermeddling
past participleintermeddled
pastintermeddled

Origin of intermeddle

Inherited from Middle English entremedlen, entermedlen, from Anglo-Norman entremedler (= Old French entremesler), from inter- + medler.

Words formed from intermeddle

Words that rhyme with intermeddle

Questions about intermeddle

What does intermeddle mean?
Intermeddle means to mix, mingle together.
What is intermeddle in Urdu?
Intermeddle in Urdu is دخل انداز ہونا, ٹانگ اڑانا. See Intermeddle meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is intermeddle?
Intermeddle is a verb.
How do you pronounce intermeddle?
Intermeddle is pronounced /ˌɪntəˈmɛd(ə)l/ (UK).
What is the past tense of intermeddle?
The past tense of intermeddle is intermeddled.

Words near intermeddle in the dictionary

  1. intermean
  2. intermeans
  3. intermeasurable
  4. intermeasurement
  5. intermeasurer
  6. intermeddle
  7. intermeddled
  8. intermeddlement
  9. intermeddler
  10. intermeddlers
  11. intermeddles

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