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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mixed}(less properly {Mixt}); p.
pr & vb n. {Mixing}.] [AS. miscan akin to OHG. misken, G.
mischen Russ. mieshate W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere
mixtum Gr ?, ?, Skr. mi[,c]ra mixed. The English word has
been influenced by L. miscere mixtum (cf. {Mixture}), and
even the AS miscan may have been borrowed fr L. miscere
Cf {Admix}, {Mash} to bruise, {Meddle}.]
1. 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 --Shak.
2. To unite with in company; to join to associate.
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
--Hos. vii. 8.
3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
of ingredients; to compound of different parts
Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak.
I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
civil considerations. --Bacon.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mixing
n : the act of mixing; "paste made by a mixture of flour and
water" [syn: {mix}, {commixture}, {admixture}, {mixture}]
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