Complete Definition of "mingle"

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Etymology
Middle English mengel from the noun meng, compare Old English mengan. Cognate with Dutch, German mengen. Related to among, mongrel.

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ�ɡ�l|-ɪ�ɡ�l

Verb
en-verb|mingl|ing

  1. To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.

#:There was... fire mingled with the hail. Ex. ix. 24.
#: Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services. — New York Times

  1. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.

#:The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands. Ezra ix. 2.

  1. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.

#:A mingled, imperfect virtue. -Rogers.

  1. obsolete: To put together; to join. Shak.
  2. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

#:[He] proceeded to mingle another draught. -Hawthorne.

  1. intransitive To become mixed or blended.

Translations
Old English: mengan
Portuguese: misturar

Noun
mingle

  1. obsolete: A mixture.

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