Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to interfere
Participle: interfered
Gerund: interfering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | interfere |
| you | interfere |
| he;she;it | interferes |
| we | interfere |
| you | interfere |
| they | interfere |
Perfect
| I | have interfered |
| you | have interfered |
| he;she;it | has interfered |
| we | have interfered |
| you | have interfered |
| they | have interfered |
Past
| I | interfered |
| you | interfered |
| he;she;it | interfered |
| we | interfered |
| you | interfered |
| they | interfered |
Pluperfect
| I | had interfered |
| you | had interfered |
| he;she;it | had interfered |
| we | had interfered |
| you | had interfered |
| they | had interfered |
Future
| I | will interfere |
| you | will interfere |
| he;she;it | will interfere |
| we | will interfere |
| you | will interfere |
| they | will interfere |
Future Perfect
| I | will have interfered |
| you | will have interfered |
| he;she;it | will have interfered |
| we | will have interfered |
| you | will have interfered |
| they | will have interfered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | interfere |
| you | interfere |
| he;she;it | interfere |
| we | interfere |
| you | interfere |
| they | interfere |
Perfect
| I | have interfered |
| you | have interfered |
| he;she;it | have interfered |
| we | have interfered |
| you | have interfered |
| they | have interfered |
Imperfect
| I | interfered |
| you | interfered |
| he;she;it | interfered |
| we | interfered |
| you | interfered |
| they | interfered |
Pluperfect
| I | had interfered |
| you | had interfered |
| he;she;it | had interfered |
| we | had interfered |
| you | had interfered |
| they | had interfered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would interfere |
| you | would interfere |
| he;she;it | would interfere |
| we | would interfere |
| you | would interfere |
| they | would interfere |
Perfect
| I | would have interfered |
| you | would have interfered |
| he;she;it | would have interfered |
| we | would have interfered |
| you | would have interfered |
| they | would have interfered |
Imperative
| you | interfere |
| we | Let's interfere |
| you | interfere |
Verbs conjugated like 'interfere'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'interfere'
enterfere,
intercede,
interface,
interfile,
interfuse,
intergern,
intermure,
intersert,
intervene,
intervert,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1440, "to strike against," from M.Fr.
enterferer "to strike each other," from
entre- "between" +
ferir "to strike," from L.
ferire "to knock, strike," related to L.
forare "to bore, pierce," and cognate with O.E.
borian "to bore" (cf.
punch (v.), which has both the sense "to hit" and "to make a hole in"). Fig. sense of "to meddle with, oppose unrightfully" is from 1632.
2. From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio. See: Old French '
entreferir'.
Verbs referencing "interfere"
Spanish
herir, French
interférer, Finnish with old forms
interferoida, Esperanto
interferi.
Sample Sentences
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[...] know; but, sometimes, when a body has de heaviest kind o ’ ’ sponsibility on ’ em, as ye may say, and is all kinder _”seris’_ and taken up, dey takes dat ar time to be hangin ’ round and kinder interferin ’ ! Now, Missis, she wanted me to do dis way, and she wanted me to do dat way; and, finally, I got kinder sarcy, and, says I, ’ Now, Missis, do jist look at dem beautiful white hands o ’ yourn with [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Thought so ! — an't you going to _do_ anything about it ? ” said Miss Ophelia. “ Haven't you got any _selectmen_, or anybody, to interfere and look after such matters ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Besides, I was always interfering in the details. Being myself one of the laziest of mortals, I had altogether too much fellow-feeling for the lazy; and when poor, shiftless dogs put stones at the bottom of their cotton-baskets to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“It’s only the morality of the Bible, Mr. Shelby.” “ Well, well, Emily, I don't pretend to interfere with your religious notions; only they seem extremely unfitted for people in that condition. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] the skirt of my dress half away; and they carried him in, screaming ’ Mother ! mother ! mother ! ’ There was one man stood there seemed to pity me. I offered him all the money I had, if he'd only interfere. He shook his head, and said that the boy had been impudent and disobedient, ever since he bought him; that he was going to break him in, once for all. I turned and ran; and every step of the way, I [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] turned and ran; and every step of the way, I thought that I heard him scream. I got into the house; ran, all out of breath, to the parlor, where I found Butler. I told him, and begged him to go and interfere. He only laughed, and told me the boy had got his deserts. He'd got to be broken in,—the sooner the better; ’ what did I expect ? ’ he asked.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)