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/mˈɪksɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Mix v. t. (past & past part. mixed, less properly mixt; pres. part. mixing)

To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines. "Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words."

To unite with in company; to join; to associate. "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people."

To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. "Hast thou no poison mixed?" "I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations."

To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while at college.

Mix v. i.

To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.

To associate; to mingle; as, Democrats and Republicans mixed freely at the party. "He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind."

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Etymology of 'Mixing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Mixing" Quotes from Famous Books

... that the very sight was to them that could behold it as if heaven itself was come down to meet them. Thus, therefore, they walked on together; and as they walked, ever and anon, these trumpeters, even with joyful sound, would, by mixing their music with looks and gestures, still signify to Christian and his brother how welcome they were into their company, and with what gladness they ...

— Journeys Through Bookland - Volume Four • Charles H. Sylvester

... noted that Ra had become old and feeble, and that as he went about he dribbled at the mouth, and that his saliva fell upon the ground. Watching her opportunity she caught some of the saliva of the and mixing it with dust, she moulded it into the form of a large serpent, with poison-fangs, and having uttered her spells over it, she left the serpent lying on the path, by which Ra travelled day by day as he went ...

— Legends Of The Gods - The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations • E. A. Wallis Budge

... flagons or mixing-bowls on the tables; the steward filled the cup from the butt, and there was ...

— The Danish History, Books I-IX • Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")

... ubiquitous and unknown, which was another reason why the Romans and Antiochenes refrained from mixing socially more than could be helped. A secret charge of treason, based on nothing more than an informer's malice, might set even a Roman citizen outside the pale of ordinary law and make him liable to torture. If convicted, death and confiscation followed. ...

— Caesar Dies • Talbot Mundy

... in a glass," vaguely, "she was mixing it—look out, Esther! You are spoiling your ...

— Up the Hill and Over • Isabel Ecclestone Mackay

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