Lexic.us

Definition of Interfere

1. Verb. Come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle. "Your talking interferes with my work!"

2. Verb. Get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force. "Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?"

Definition of Interfere

1. v. i. To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands.

Definition of Interfere

1. Verb. (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive physics) (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Interfere

1. [v -FERED, -FERING, -FERES]

Medical Definition of Interfere

1. 1. To come in collision; to be in opposition; to clash; as, interfering claims, or commands. 2. To enter into, or take a part in, the concerns of others; to intermeddle; to interpose. "To interfere with party disputes." (Swift) "There was no room for anyone to interfere with his own opinions." (Bp. Warburton) 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. To act reciprocally, so as to augment, diminish, or otherwise affect one another; said of waves, rays of light, heat, etc. See Interference. 5. To cover the same ground; to claim the same invention. Synonym: To interpose, intermeddle. See Interpose. Origin: OF. Entreferir to strike each other; entre between (L. Inter) + OF. Ferir to strike, F. Ferir, fr. L. Ferire. See Ferula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Interfere

interfacings interfaction interfactional interfactorial interfaculty interfaith interfamilial interfamily interfascicular interfascicular fasciculus

interfemale interfemoral interferant interferants interfere interfered interference interference beat interference colours interference diffraction patterns

interference dissociation interference figure interference filter interference microscope interference microscopy interference reflection microscopy interferences interferent interferential

Literary usage of Interfere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1842)
"When, however, it does prevail, whether or not it answer any purpose in the animal system, it is best not to interfere with it—it admits neither of ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"THE Court of Chancery will not interfere by appointing a Receiver upon the mere ground, ... Duplessis (4) Lord Hardwicke refused to interfere. ..."

3. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... the must constant —Supposed incompetence of natural selection to account for the incipient stages of useful structures—Causes which interfere with the ..."

4. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. by Charles Darwin (1871)
"On the effects of the continued selection of women according to a different standard of beauty in each, race — On the causes which interfere with sexual ..."

5. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"With mankind, especially with savages, many causes interfere with the action of sexual selection as far as the bodily frame ia concerned. ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"The conclusion Id^w is, that a bridge constructed by the authority of a State, if it does not interfere with the free navigation of the stream, ..."

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