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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. To mix; to mingle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] More to know
Did never meddle with my thoughts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- in a good sense. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ] Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. 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 distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in. [ 1913 Webster ] Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt? 2 Kings xiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ] The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- To interpose; interfere; intermeddle. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
