2. To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; — [Obs.] Barrow. Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. Tyndale.
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. Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt 2 Kings xiv. 10. The civil lawyers . . . have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them. Locke. To meddle and make, to intrude one's self into another person's concerns. [Archaic] Shak.
Syn.
— To interpose; interfere; intermeddle.
MEDDLE
Med"dle, v. t.
Defn: To mix; to mingle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
"Wine meddled with gall." Wyclif (Matt. xxvii. 34).
MEDDLER
Med"dler, n.
Defn: One who meddles; one who interferes or busies himself with things in which he has no concern; an officious person; a busybody.
MEDDLESOME
Med"dle*some, a.
Defn: Given to meddling; apt to interpose in the affairs of others;
officiously intrusive.
— Med"dle*some*ness, n.
MEDDLING
Med"dling, a.