Mix (?), v. i. 1. To
become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.
2. To associate; to mingle.
He had mixed
Again in fancied safety with his kind.
Byron.
Mix (m&ibreve;ks), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mixed (m&ibreve;kst) (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. mi`sgein,
migny`nai, Skr. miçra 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.
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