intermeddle
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"I have considered it as a matter between every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, had a right to intermeddle."
From Time Magazine Archive
Is a statute less objection able which authorizes expenditure of Fed eral moneys to induce action in a field in which the United States has no power to intermeddle?
From Time Magazine Archive
The neutral Ministers here seem to wish to intermeddle in the proposed pacification.
From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared
I can't understand that their women ever pretended to intermeddle with any offices that relate to the priesthood or conjuration.
From The History of Virginia, in Four Parts by Beverley, Robert
Some persons have especial need to consider this sin—they are tempted to play the part of Providence, to intermeddle where they ought to refrain.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Dods, Marcus
While slavery did not in any way harm New England, she intermeddled in a mood of moral fanaticism.
From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee
By this time Pizarro had established some communication with the gun-rooms and between decks, and discovered that the English prisoners had not intermeddled in the mutiny, which was confined to the Indians.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick
The princess retired into the country, and knowing that she was surrounded with spies, she passed her time wholly in reading and study, intermeddled in no business, and saw very little company.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary by Hume, David
And as I sat listening to them, I could not help thinking how much, and how constantly, bells intermeddled with all the feelings and fortunes of humanity.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
It was a joy too sacred to be intermeddled with.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
Such an arrangement would provide protection for the universities and athletes from intermeddling by third parties, particularly boosters and agents.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2014
Protesting in her behalf, Wolvovitz's co-counsel Jon Pushinsky found himself held in contempt and handed a 30-day suspended sentence for "officious intermeddling."
From Time Magazine Archive
Sometimes the Doctrine is shrunk to mean little more than that the U. S. will attempt to discourage European intermeddling in Latin America.
From Time Magazine Archive
He found that the existing system allowed of petty intermeddling, but often precluded salutary intervention—straining out the gnat and swallowing the camel.
From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson
Such intermeddling as this taxed the patience of the courting community to its extreme limit, and it assumed a rebellious front.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
