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Mingle (?), 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, 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, n. A mixture. [Obs.] Dryden.
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