interfere
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interfere
- /ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/ US
- /ˌɪn.təˈfɪə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.
verb interferes · interfering · interfered · enterfere
- To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance. I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
- Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed. Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
- Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.
- To sexually molest, especially of a child. The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.
