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ad⋅mix⋅ture

  [ad-miks-cher]
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–noun
1. the act of mixing; state of being mixed.
2. anything added; any alien element or ingredient: This is a pure product; there are no admixtures.
3. a compound containing an admixture.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L admixt(us) + -ure, on the model of mixture
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ad·mix·ture   (ād-mĭks'chər)   
n.  

    1. The act of mixing or mingling.

    2. The state of being mingled or mixed.

  2. Something that is produced by mixing; a mixture.

  3. Something added in mixing. See Synonyms at mixture.

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Word Origin & History

admixture 
1605, from admix (1533), a back-formation from admixt (c.1420), from L. admixtus "mixed with," pp. of admiscere "to add to by mingling, mix with," from ad- "to" + miscere "to mix" (see mix). M.E. admixt was mistaken as a pp. of a (then) non-existent M.E. *admix.
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admixture

marriage or cohabitation by persons of different race. Theories that the anatomical disharmony of children resulted from miscegenation were discredited by 20th-century genetics and anthropology. Although it is now accepted that modern populations are the result of the continuous mixing of various populations since prehistoric times, taboos on miscegenation-in some instances legally enforced-have existed and continue to exist in many race-based societies. In South Africa the official policy of apartheid for many years included legal prohibitions on miscegenation. In the United States many states had laws against interracial marriage until the Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional in 1967.

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