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   Meddle , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Meddled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Meddling .] [OE. medlen to mix, OF. medler, mesler, F. mêler, LL. misculare, a dim. fr. L. miscere to mix. √271. See Mix, and cf. Medley, Mellay.]
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   To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
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   Did never meddle with my thoughts.
   Shak.
   
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   To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a good sense. [Obs.]
   Barrow.
   
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   Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business.
   Tyndale.
   
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   To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or disturb another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in.
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   Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt?
   2 Kings xiv. 10.
   
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   The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them.
   Locke.
   
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   To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic]
   Shak.
   
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   Syn. -- To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
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   Meddle, v. t. To mix; to mingle. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   “Wine meddled with gall.”
   Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34).
   
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