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Definition of Mingle
1. Verb. To bring or combine together or with something else. "Resourcefully he mingled music and dance"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Aggregate, Combine, Concoct, Combine, Compound, Blend, Immingle, Intermingle, Intermix
Derivative terms: Amalgam, Amalgamative, Amalgamator, Commixture, Mix, Mix, Mixing, Mixture, Mixture, Unit
2. Verb. Get involved or mixed-up with. "He was about to mingle in an unpleasant affair"
3. Verb. Be all mixed up or jumbled together. "His words jumbled"
Definition of Mingle
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To become mixed or blended.
3. n. A mixture.
Definition of Mingle
1. Verb. 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. ¹
2. Verb. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry. ¹
3. Verb. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate. ¹
4. Verb. (obsolete) : To put together; to join. Shakespeare. ¹
5. Verb. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended. ¹
7. Noun. (obsolete) A mixture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mingle
1. to mix together [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES]
Medical Definition of Mingle
1. 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. "There was. Fire mingled with the hail." (Ex. Ix. 24) 2. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry. "The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands." (Ezra ix. 2) 3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate. "A mingled, imperfect virtue." (Rogers) 4. To put together; to join. 5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of. "[He] proceeded to mingle another draught." (Hawthorne) Origin: From OE. Mengen, AS. Mengan; akin to D. & G. Mengen, Icel. Menga, also to E. Among, and possibly to mix. Cf. Among, Mongrel. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mingle
Literary usage of Mingle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1882)
"If Jin-gle, jin-gle, jin-gle, jin-gle, Thus we fix,... iii mingle, mingle, ...
mingle, mingle, mingle, mingle, Only then, Brightest joys may jin - gle, ..."
2. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"And God proclaims to the rulers, as a first principle, that above all they should
watch over their offspring, and see what elements mingle in their nature; ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1855)
"Let them mingle, for they must. Dust we mise upon the road, Dust we breathe in
dancing-hall ; Dust infests our home abode, Dust, a pall, is over all ; 'T is ..."
4. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"He was not merry, Which seem'd to tell them his remembrance lay In Egypt, with
his joy ; but between both. 0 heav'nly mingle. ..."
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