interferes

verb

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

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

(mostly of horses) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.

(intransitive, with with) To sexually molest, especially of a child.

Roots

interinter- · Latin · between, within ferio-fere · Latin · to strike

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The word interferes breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: inter-, from Latin inter (“between, within”); and -fere, from Latin ferio (“to strike”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.