Meaning

(transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
2. (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
3. To cause or allow to intermarry.
4. To intermarry.
5. (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
6. (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.
8. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.

Example Sentences

[T]here was hayle ãd fyre mẽgled with the hayle, […]

Be aware of the smiling enemy, that openly sheatheth his weapon, / But mingleth poison in secret with the sacred salt of hospitality.

Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services.

[W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.

[T]he holy ſeed haue mingled themſelues with the people of thoſe lands, […]

a mingled, imperfect virtue

The physician […] proceeded to mingle another draught.

Some dozen Romanes of vs, and your Lord (The beſt Feather of our wing) haue mingled ſummes To buy a Preſent for the Emperor: […]

Word Forms

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