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intermeddling

intermeddling is the present participle and gerund 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...

Noun

intermeddling (plural intermeddlings)

  1. interference

Forms of intermeddling

pluralintermeddlings

Questions about intermeddling

What does intermeddling mean?
Intermeddling means interference.
What is intermeddling the present participle and gerund of?
Intermeddling is the present participle and gerund of intermeddle.
What part of speech is intermeddling?
Intermeddling is a noun.
What is the plural of intermeddling?
The plural of intermeddling is intermeddlings.

Words near intermeddling in the dictionary

  1. intermeddler
  2. intermeddlers
  3. intermeddles
  4. intermeddlesome
  5. intermeddlesomeness
  6. intermeddling
  7. intermeddlingly
  8. intermeddlings
  9. intermede
  10. intermedeol
  11. intermedes

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