Both Uses
meddle
in
Twelfth Night
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- Back you shall not to the house, unless you undertake that with me which with as much safety you might answer him: therefore on, or strip your sword stark naked; for meddle you must, that's certain, or forswear to wear iron about you.†
p. 127.3meddle = interfere (in another's affairs or business); or handle (something that shouldn't be handled)
- Pox on't, I'll not meddle with him.†
p. 129.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(meddle) interfere (in another's affairs or business)
or:
get involved with something where involvement isn't warranted - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)