mingle

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English

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition ofWebster’s Dictionary,which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for“mingle”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.)

Etymology

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From earliermingil,mengle,fromMiddle Englishmenglen,equivalent toming+‎-le.Cognate withDutchmengen(“to mingle, mix”),Germanmengen(“to mingle, mix”).More atming.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key):/ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
  • Audio(US):(file)
  • Rhymes:-ɪŋɡəl

Verb

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mingle(third-person singular simple presentmingles,present participlemingling,simple past and past participlemingled)

  1. (transitive)Tointermix;tocombineorjoin,as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.[1]
    Synonyms:confuse,confound
  2. (transitive)To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
  3. To cause or allow to intermarry.
  4. To intermarry.
    • 1535October 14 (Gregorian calendar),Myles Coverdale,transl.,Biblia: The Byble,[…](Coverdale Bible),[Cologne or Marburg]:[Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?],→OCLC,III. Essdras [1 Esdras] viij:[87],folio vij, verso,column 2:
      [W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊mengledoꝛſelues wtthe vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.
      [W]e have broken thy statutes and commandments again, andmingledourselves with the uncleanness of the foreign heathen.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Ezra9:2,column 1:
      [T]he holy ſeed hauemingledthemſelues with the people ofthoſelands,[…]
  5. (transitive)To deprive of purity by mixture; tocontaminate.[1]
    • a.1729,John Rogers,The Necessity of Universal Obedience:
      amingled,imperfect virtue
  6. (transitive)To make or prepare by mi xing the ingredients of.[1]
  7. (transitive,obsolete)To put together; to join.[1]
  8. (intransitive)To become mixed or blended.
  9. (intransitive)To socialize with different people at a social event.
    • 2009,Jane Buckingham,The Modern Girl's Guide to Life:
      And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time tominglebefore you step into the kitchen.

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofmingle
infinitive (to)mingle
present tense past tense
1st-personsingularmingle mingled
2nd-personsingular mingle,minglest† mingled,mingledst†
3rd-personsingular mingles,mingleth† mingled
plural mingle
subjunctive mingle mingled
imperative mingle —
participles mingling mingled

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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mingle(pluralmingles)

  1. (obsolete)Amixture.
  2. The act of informallymeetingnumerous people in a group
    • 2019,Sally Lou Oaks Loveman,Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting:
      When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quickmingleand keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.
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References

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  1. ↑1.01.11.21.3“mingle”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

Anagrams

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