INTERFERE
\ˌɪntəfˈi͡ə], \ˌɪntəfˈiə], \ˌɪ_n_t_ə_f_ˈiə]\
Definitions of INTERFERE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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get involved, usually so as to hinder or halt an action; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"
By Princeton University
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To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose.
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To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.
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To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; - sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.
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To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; - said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.
By Oddity Software
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To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose.
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To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention.
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To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; - sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.
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To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; - said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.
By Noah Webster.
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To enter into or meddle in the affairs of others; come into collision; injure the fetlock by striking it with the opposite hoof; ordinarily said of a horse.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To come in collision: to intermeddle: to interpose: to act reciprocally-said of waves, rays of light, etc.
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INTERFERER, INTERFERENCE.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
