interfere

Definition

To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs."
• "I’ve known ere now an interfering branch / Of alder catch my lifted axe behind me. / But that was in the woods, to hold my hand / From striking at another alder’s roots, / And that was, as I say, an alder branch."
• "Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering."