v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mingled p. pr. & vb. n. Mingling ] [ From OE. mengen, AS. mengan; akin to D. & G. mengen, Icel. menga, also to E. among, and possibly to mix. Cf. Among, Mongrel. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] There was . . . fire mingled with the hail. Ex. ix. 24. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry. [ 1913 Webster ] The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands. Ezra ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate. [ 1913 Webster ] A mingled, imperfect virtue. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. To put together; to join. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of. [ 1913 Webster ] [ He ] proceeded to mingle another draught. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ] |