Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

meddle and make

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: med-dle and -make
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To intrude oneself into another person's concerns.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"[…] for such kind of men, the less you meddle or make with them, why the more is for your honesty."
"For it is accounted a disgrace for the man to meddle or make with those affairs, that properly do belong unto the Woman."
"Hold your foolish Tongue, Mr. Metal, said she, and get you to-bed; have’nt I plague enough with this audacious Slut, do you think, without your meddling and making?"
"She is the most unquiet person I know; cannot be still—meddles and makes about every thing and every body."
"“Nay, I must not meddle or make in this business,” said the Shaker. “You did meddle and make in it once,” retorted Ford, unresentfully but inflexibly […]"

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

meddles and makes (present, singular) meddling and making (participle, present) meddled and made (participle, past) meddled and made (past) meddle nor make (alternative) meddle or make (alternative)

Questions

What does meddle and make mean?: To intrude oneself into another person's concerns.

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