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/ˌɪntərfˈɪr/ /ˌɪnərfˈɪr/ Listen

verb

Interfere v. i. (past & past part. interfered; pres. part. interfering)

1.

To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; usually used with with; as, interfering claims, or commands; workers in a crowded shop may interfere with each other's activity.

2.

To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose; used with in or with; as, to interfere with the way I raise my children. "To interfere with party disputes." "There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions."

3.

To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes.

4.

(Physics) To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference, 2.

5.

(Patent Law) To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention; as, to interfere with another patent.

Synonyms: To interpose; intermeddle. See Interpose.

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"Interfere" Quotes from Famous Books

... mother, who had heard the child's request too late to interfere,—"I hope you'll not mind him, ma'am,—he oughter know better, but he don't. And poor things, when they gets pleased—it aint often, you see, ma'am, so I can't be hard upon 'em. Do you feel warm?—we do make out to ...

— Say and Seal, Volume II • Susan Warner

... interruption. I heard a wild smothered cry. The woman who sat in the wagon seat had got out and was running to interfere. She sprang between the man ...

— The Road • Jack London

... the Treaty of Sinchulu, under which Bhutan would receive an annual subsidy in exchange for ceding some border land to British India. Under British influence, a monarchy was set up in 1907; three years later, a treaty was signed whereby the British agreed not to interfere in Bhutanese internal affairs and Bhutan allowed Britain to direct its foreign affairs. This role was assumed by independent India after 1947. Two years later, a formal Indo-Bhutanese accord returned the areas of Bhutan annexed by the British, formalized the ...

— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... to interfere in no essential particular with the regular academic work of the school. The boys and girls are interested and enthusiastic. That counts for a great deal. Then, too, boys and girls come to school for the mechanical work who would ...

— The New Education - A Review of Progressive Educational Movements of the Day (1915) • Scott Nearing

... but I may tell you that we have a fleet of air-ships at our command, all constructed in England under the noses of your intelligent authorities, and that we mean to use them as it seems best to us, should we at any time consider it worth our while to interfere in the game that the European Powers are playing with each other. Meanwhile we keep a position of armed neutrality. When we think the war has gone far enough we shall probably stop it when ...

— The Angel of the Revolution - A Tale of the Coming Terror • George Griffith

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