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in⋅ter⋅mix

[in-ter-miks]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to mix together; intermingle.

Origin:
1555–65; back formation from intermixt (now intermixed ptp.) < L intermixtus ptp. of intermiscēre to mingle together. See inter-, mix


in⋅ter⋅mix⋅a⋅ble, adjective
in⋅ter⋅mix⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
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in·ter·mix   (ĭn'tər-mĭks')   
tr. & intr.v.   in·ter·mixed, in·ter·mix·ing, in·ter·mix·es
To mix or become mixed together.

[Back-formation from obsolete intermixt, from Latin intermixtus, past participle of intermiscēre, to mix together : inter-, inter- + miscēre, to mix; see mix.]
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