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min⋅gle

  [ming-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
Use mingle in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to become mixed, blended, or united.
2. to associate or mix in company: She refuses to mingle with bigots.
3. to associate or take part with others; participate.
–verb (used with object)
4. to mix or combine; put together in a mixture; blend.
5. to unite, join, or conjoin.
6. to associate in company: a hostess who mingles diplomats with executives.
7. to form by mixing; compound; concoct.
–noun
8. mingles, two or more single, unrelated adults who live together.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME menglen, equiv. to meng(en) to mix (OE mengan; c. D, G mengen) + -(e)len -le

Related forms:
min⋅gle⋅ment, noun
mingler, noun

Synonyms:
4. commingle, intermingle, intermix. See mix.
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min·gle   (mĭng'gəl)   
v.   min·gled, min·gling, min·gles

v.   tr.

  1. To mix or bring together in combination, usually without loss of individual characteristics. See Synonyms at mix.

  2. To mix so that the components become united; merge.

v.   intr.

  1. To be or become mixed or united.

  2. To join or take part with others: The faculty mingled with the trustees.


[Middle English menglen, frequentative of mengen, to mix, from Old English mengan; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]
min'gler n.
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Word Origin & History

mingle  (v.)
c.1450, freq. of M.E. myngen "to mix," from O.E. mengan (related to among), from P.Gmc. *mangijanan (cf. O.S. mengian, O.N. menga, O.Fris. mendza, Ger. mengen), from PIE *menq- "to knead, mix" (see mix). The formation may have been suggested by cognate M.Du. mengelen.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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