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Interfere   /ˌɪntərfˈɪr/  /ˌɪnərfˈɪr/   Listen
Interfere

verb
(past & past part. interfered; pres. part. interfering)
1.
Come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle.
2.
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



... forbids them to interfere between the Greeks and Trojans. He then repairs to Ida, where, having consulted the scales of destiny, he directs his lightning against the Greeks. Nestor, in the chariot of Diomede, goes against Hector, whose charioteer is slain by Diomede. Jove ...
— The Iliad of Homer (1873) • Homer

... stood between herself and Frado, but Aunt Abby. And if SHE dared to interfere in the least, she was ordered back to her "own quarters." Nig would creep slyly into her room, learn what she could of her regarding the absent, and thus gain some light in the thick gloom of care and toil and sorrow in ...
— Our Nig • Harriet E. Wilson

... God. There was in these miracles, and I think in all, only a hastening of appearances; the doing of that in a day, which may ordinarily take a thousand years, for with God time is not what it is with us. He makes it. And the hastening of a process does not interfere in the least with cause and effect in the process, nor does it render the process one whit more miraculous. In deed, the wonder of the growing corn is to me greater than the wonder of feeding the thousands. It is easier to understand the creative power going forth at ...
— Unspoken Sermons - Series I., II., and II. • George MacDonald

... future labourers, whenever some accidental discovery, or the direction of some powerful mind, should happily rescue that science from its present neglected state. But those hours of entry greatly interfere with the employments of such officers as are capable of registering those instruments with the precision and delicacy which alone can render meteorologic data useful, and their future utility is at present so uncertain, that it does not appear ...
— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes

... hit becomes It and must try to tag others in the same way. When a player fails to hit one for whom he aims, the thrower must pick up his own ball or bag, except in the schoolroom, where the seats and desks interfere with this. There any adjacent player may pick up the ball and throw it back to the one who is It. Players may dodge in any way, as by stooping, jumping, or the ...
— Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium • Jessie H. Bancroft


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