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meddle

/ˈmɛd.əl/ verb C2
  1. To interfere in or with; to concern oneself with unduly.
  2. To have sex. (US, intransitive)

He/she/it meddles · Past meddled · Past participle meddled · -ing form meddling

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Verb forms

Base form
meddle
He/she/it
meddles
Past
meddled
Past participle
meddled
-ing form
meddling

From the library

Not to meddle with my toys.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 3 · C1
It’s very wrong in a little girl to meddle.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 94 · C1
Truly, I didn’t mean to meddle, Marilla.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 94 · C1
The affair of the amethyst brooch cured me of meddling with things that didn’t belong to me.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 229 · C1

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