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Antonyms for intermeddle


Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-ter-med-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn tərˈmɛd l



Definition of intermeddle

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin inter- (see inter-) + Anglo-French medler (see meddle (v.)).
  • As in interfere : verb meddle, intervene
  • As in intrude : verb trespass, interrupt
  • As in meddle : verb intervene, interfere
  • As in monkey : verb fiddle, tamper with
  • As in interlope : verb meddle
Example sentences :
  • But then you seem to think that I should intermeddle and negotiate and become a go-between.
  • Extract from : « Stories By English Authors: Germany » by Various
  • And with the conflict even her children could not intermeddle.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 » by Various
  • With it a stranger cannot intermeddle; it is unspeakable and full of glory!
  • Extract from : « The Ordinance of Covenanting » by John Cunningham
  • The heart knoweth his own bitterness: and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
  • Extract from : « The Christian Year » by John Keble
  • That was their pretty family secret, with which outsiders were not to intermeddle.
  • Extract from : « Interrupted » by Pansy
  • I once more, therefore, insist, that you do not intermeddle.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling » by Henry Fielding
  • With any or all of these crimes Henry had no right to intermeddle.
  • Extract from : « The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1 » by Thomas de Quincey
  • I am resolved to refer the whole to God, and not intermeddle in it.
  • Extract from : « The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius » by Jean Lvesque de Burigny
  • What right then, have the citizens of free states, to intermeddle with it?
  • Extract from : « A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin » by A. Woodward
  • We have no strangers; no impertinents to intermeddle in our conversations and mar our enjoyments.
  • Extract from : « Jane Talbot » by Charles Brockden Brown

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