intermeddle
Example Sentences
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"I have considered it as a matter between every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Is a statute less objection able which authorizes expenditure of Fed eral moneys to induce action in a field in which the United States has no power to intermeddle?
From Time Magazine Archive
Interfere, in-tėr-fēr′, v.i. to come in collision: to intermeddle: to interpose: to act reciprocally—said of waves, rays of light, &c.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Intercede and interpose are used in a good sense; intermeddle always in a bad sense, and interfere frequently so.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
I have no design to intermeddle with the government, or to disturb the tranquillity of the United States, nor of its territories, or any part of them.
From Voices; Birth-Marks; The Man and the Elephant by Holt, Mathew Joseph
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
