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n. [ L. admixtio. ] A mingling of different things; admixture. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. admiscere, admixtum, to admix; ad + miscere to mix. See Mix. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of mixing; mixture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The compound formed by mixing different substances together. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is mixed with anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mach.) A system (devised by Henri Pieper, a Belgian) of driving automobiles employing a gasoline engine and an auxiliary reversible dynamo. When there is an excess of power the dynamo is driven by the engine so as to charge a small storage battery; when there is a deficiency of power the dynamo reverses and acts as an auxiliary motor. Sometimes called Pieper system. -- Automixte car, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Hort.) A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ from Brompton Hospital, London. ](Pharmacy) A mixture containing morphine and cocaine, and sometimes other narcotic substances, such as heroin, in an alcoholic solution, administered mostly to terminally ill patients, especially cancer patients, to relieve severe pain. Its use is not universally accepted as good medical practice. [ PJC ]

{ ‖, n. [ Mexican name. ] A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Commixed p. pr. & vb. n. Commixing. ] [ Pref. com- + mix: cf. L. commixtus, p. p. of commiscere. See Mix. ] To mix or mingle together; to blend. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commixed impressions of all the colors do stir up and beget a sensation of white. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To commix
With winds that sailors rail at. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Commix. ] Commixture. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commixtio. ] Commixture; mingling. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An exact commixtion of the ingredients. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commixtura. ] 1. The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the commixture of anything that is more oily or sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The mass formed by mingling different things; a compound; a mixture. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- in + mix. ] To mix; to mingle. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Amongst her tears immixing prayers meek. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not mixable. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + mixed, p. p. of mix. ] Unmixed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How pure and immixed the design is. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Freedom from mixture; purity. [ R. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A state of being unmixed; separateness. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mix together; to intermingle. [ 1913 Webster ]

In yonder spring of roses, intermixed
With myrtle, find what to redress till noon. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be mixed together; to be intermingled. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a mixed manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A mass formed by mixture; a mass of ingredients mixed. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Admixture; an additional ingredient. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this height of impiety there wanted not an intermixture of levity and folly. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Hos. vii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hast thou no poison mixed? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. i. 1. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To associate; to mingle; as, Democrats and Republicans mixed freely at the party. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

He had mixed
Again in fancied safety with his kind. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being mixed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, v. t. & i. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. --
Mixed angle, a mixtilineal angle. --
Mixed fabric, a textile fabric composed of two or more kinds of fiber, as a poplin. --
Mixed marriage, a marriage between persons of different races or religions; specifically, one between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant. --
Mixed number, a whole number and a fraction taken together. --
Mixed train, a railway train containing both passenger and freight cars. --
Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a mixed or mingled manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. mixen, myxen, fr. meohx, meox, dung, filth; akin to E. mist. See Mist. ] A compost heap; a dunghill. Chaucer. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, mixes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who has social intercourse with others of many sorts; a person viewed as to his casual sociability; -- commonly used with some characterizing adjective; as, a good mixer; a bad mixer. [ Colloq. or Slang, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a social gathering, game, or dance organized to provide an opportunity for people to meet each other; as, on the first night of the conference they had a wine-and-cheese mixer. [ PJC ]

4. a nonalcoholic beverage (such as fruit juice, club soda or ginger ale) added to an alcoholic beverage to produce a mixed drink. [ PJC ]

5. any device used for mixing. [ PJC ]

6. an electronic device for blending or manipulating sounds from different sources to produce a composite soundtrack, for an audio recording, video recording, or a movie. [ PJC ]

7. The technician who operates a mixer{ 6 }. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a mixing + &unr_; marriage. ] (Zool.) Pairing with several males; -- said of certain fishes of which several males accompany each female during spawning. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; a mixing + E. Lydian. ] (Mus.) The seventh ecclesiastical mode, whose scale commences on G. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. mixtus mixed (p. p. of miscere to mix) + E. lineal, linear. ] Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mixtio, mistio: cf. F. mixtion. See Mistion, Mix. ] 1. Mixture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With mixture; in a mixed manner; mixedly. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix: cf. F. mixture. See Mix. ] 1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made by a mixture of ingredients. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which results from mixing different ingredients together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses and water; -- also, a medley. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely distributed by God, to serve the ends of his providence. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional ingredient. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture of piety in its constitution. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many ingredients; esp., as opposed to solution, a liquid preparation in which the solid ingredients are not completely dissolved. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the particles of which are separable, independent, and uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound and solution; thus, gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and niter. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Mus.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and compound stops; -- called also furniture stop. It consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Union; admixture; intermixture; medley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. To confuse the identities of (two or more objects); to mistake (one object for another); as, at the family gathering he mixed up his two nieces, to their great amusement. [ PJC ]

2. To mix together; -- usually implying a mistake, whether done intentionally or unintentionally; as, the mixed up this year's receipts with last year's, and it took hours to find the right ones. [ PJC ]

n. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another.
Syn. -- confusion, confounding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To mix with too much. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mix; to mingle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Permission. [ 1913 Webster ]