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/ˌɪntərfˈɪr/ /ˌɪnərfˈɪr/ Listen

Interfere

verb

(past & past part. interfered; pres. part. interfering)

Come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle.

Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force. Synonyms: interpose, intervene, step in.

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"Interfere" Quotes from Famous Books

... mirth and music of a proud people expressing themselves through me. I shall be at all times accessible to my fellow-men, solicitous to hear their counsel and command. Believing (as I do) in moderation, yet I should not dream of permitting private sentiment to interfere with public interest when more violent ...

— In the Sweet Dry and Dry • Christopher Morley

... is Congressman from this district, and one other who is in a Chicago bank. Yes, I know I have the most satisfactorily aloof family in the wide world. I can just go on feeding on their love and depend upon them not to interfere with any of my plans for living life. However, if anything happens to me I can be sure that their love will spring ...

— Over Paradise Ridge - A Romance • Maria Thompson Daviess

... me, my lord," he said, "presuming on the fact that I had the good fortune to carry you home: that I should have done for the stable-boy in similar plight. But as I interfered for you then, I have to interfere for ...

— Donal Grant • George MacDonald

... have any idea," he said, "that I came here to confront my wife, or to interfere in any way with her movements, let me assure you that you are mistaken. I had no idea that Lady Hunterleys was in Monte Carlo. I am here because I have a six months' holiday, and a holiday for the average Englishman between January and April generally means, as you ...

— Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... learned how often the noblest virtues are found among the roughest classes. It was true, they were sometimes so latent that like the jewel in a toad's head they had the added grace of unexpectedness, but that did not interfere with the fact of their existence. He had read of California gamblers who had rushed from tables where they had sat with bowie-knives between their teeth, to warn a coming train of broken rails, and, when picked up maimed and dying, ...

— Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 • Various

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