interfere

Meaning

1. To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
2. (of waves) To be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
3. To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
4. To sexually molest, especially of a child.

Hyphenated as

in‧ter‧fere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɪntɚˈfɪɹ/

Etymology

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