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meddlemeddle /ˈmɛdl/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYmeddleOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French mesler, medler, from Latin miscere to mix VERB TABLEmeddle |
Present | I, you, we, they | meddle | | he, she, it | meddles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | meddled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have meddled | | he, she, it | has meddled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had meddled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will meddle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have meddled |
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Present | I | am meddling | | he, she, it | is meddling | | you, we, they | are meddling | Past | I, he, she, it | was meddling | | you, we, they | were meddling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been meddling | | he, she, it | has been meddling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been meddling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be meddling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been meddling |
► meddling in ... affairs He accused the U.S. of meddling in China’s internal affairs. to deliberately try to influence or change a situation that does not concern you, or that you do not understand fully SYN interfere: meddle in He accused the U.S. of meddling in China’s internal affairs.meddle with Why meddle with the Constitution? It has served us well all these years. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French mesler, medler, from Latin miscere to mix]—meddler noun [countable]—meddling noun [uncountable], adjective [only before noun] |