interfere

To interfere is defined as to create an obstacle or get involved in other peoples' business.

(verb)

An example of interfere is to throw rocks in the middle of someone's running path.
An example of interfere is to jump in when other people are having a disagreement.

See interfere in Webster's New World College Dictionary

to knock one foot or leg against the other: said of a horse
to come into collision or opposition; clash; conflict
1. to come in or between for some purpose; intervene
2. to meddle
Sports to be guilty of interference
Patent Law to claim priority for an invention, as when two or more applications for its patent are pending
Physics to affect each other by interference: said of two waves or streams of vibration
Radio, TV, etc. to create interference in reception

Origin: OFr (s')entreferir, to strike (each other) < entre-, inter- + férir < L ferire, to strike < IE base *bher- > bore

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See interfere in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb in·ter·fered, in·ter·fer·ing, in·ter·feres

To be or create a hindrance or obstacle: loud talking that interfered with the other patrons' conversations; assistance that only interfered.
Sports To perform an act of interference.
To intervene or intrude in the affairs of others; meddle.
To strike one hoof against the opposite hoof or leg while moving. Used of a horse.
Physics & Electronics To cause interference.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English enterferen

Origin: , from Old French s'entreferer, to strike one another

Origin: : entre-, between (from Latin inter-; see inter-)

Origin: + ferir, to strike (from Latin ferīre)

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