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Mingle \Min"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mingled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Mingling}.] [From OE. mengen, AS. mengan; akin to D. & G.
mengen, Icel. menga, also to E. among, and possibly to mix.
Cf. {Among}, {Mongrel}.]
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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.
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There was . . . fire mingled with the hail. --Ex.
ix. 24.
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2. To associate or unite in society or by ties of
relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to
intermarry.
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The holy seed have mingled themselves with the
people of those lands. --Ezra ix. 2.
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3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
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A mingled, imperfect virtue. --Rogers.
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4. To put together; to join. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
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[He] proceeded to mingle another draught.
--Hawthorne.
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Mingle \Min"gle\, v. i.
1. To become mixed or blended.
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2. To associate (with certain people); as, he's too
highfalutin to mingle with working stiffs.
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3. To move (among other people); -- of people; as, the
president left his car to mingle with the crowd; a host at
a a party should mingle with his guests.
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Mingle \Min"gle\, n.
A mixture. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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