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interfere.

To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/General-American/ˌɪn.təˈfɪə(ɹ)/UK
  1. To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

    intransitive
    I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
  2. Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.

    intransitive
    Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
    Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.
  3. Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.

  4. To sexually molest, especially of a child.

    intransitive
    The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.
Where this word comes from

From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.

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