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MED'DLE,

1. To have to do to take part to interpose and act in the concerns of others, or in affairs in which one's interposition is not necessary often with the sense of intrusion or officiousness.

I have thus far been an upright judge, not meddling with the design nor disposition.

What hast thou to do to meddle with the affairs of my family?

Why should'st thou meddle to thy hurt? 2 Kings 14 .

2. To have to do to touch to handle. Meddle not with edge-tools, is an admonition to children. When the object is specified, meddle is properly followed by with or in usually by the former.

The lawyers--have meddled in a matter that belongs not to them.

MED'DLE, To mix, to mingle.

He meddled his talk with many a tear.

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Entry for 'Meddle'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​m/meddle.html.
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