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meddle

verb
/ˈmɛd.əl/

Etymology

From Middle English medlen, from Anglo-Norman medler, from Early Medieval Latin misculāre, derived from Latin misceō (“to mix”).

  1. derived from misceō — “to mix”
  2. derived from misculō
  3. derived from mesler
  4. inherited from medlen

Definitions

  1. To interfere in or with

    To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.

    • […] why ſhouldeſt thou meddle to thy hurt,[…]?
    • […] the Civil Lawyers […] have medled in a matter, that belongs not to them;[…].
    • There is much to dislike about the proposed constitution, which will keep elected governments beholden to a senate nominated by the junta and to a suite of meddling committees.

  2. To interest or engage oneself

    To interest or engage oneself; to have to do (with), in a good sense.

    • […]ſtuddy to be quyet / and to medle with youre owne buſynes[…].

  3. To mix (something) with some other substance

    To mix (something) with some other substance; to commingle, combine, blend.

    • [H]e cutt a lock of all their heare, / Which medling with their blood & earth, he threw / Into the graue,[…].
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To have sex.

      • Take a Rammes head that neuer medled with an Ewe, cut off at a blow, and the hornes onely taken away, boyle it well skinne and wooll together,[…].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at meddle. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at meddle. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at meddle

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA