| mingle | 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) 2. 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) 3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate. "A mingled, imperfect virtue." (Rogers) 4. To put together; to join. 5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of. "[He] proceeded to mingle another draught." (Hawthorne) Origin: From OE. Mengen, AS. Mengan; akin to D. & G. Mengen, Icel. Menga, also to E. Among, and possibly to mix. Cf. Among, Mongrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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