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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

mixing
     n : the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour
         and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the
         recording studio" [syn: {mix}, {commixture}, {admixture},
          {mixture}, {intermixture}]
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