mingle

verb

1. 1

   To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.

   [T]here was hayle ãd fyre mẽgled with the hayle, […]

   Be aware of the smiling enemy, that openly sheatheth his weapon, / But mingleth poison in secret with the sacred salt of hospitality.

   Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services.

2. 2

   To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.

3. 3

   To cause or allow to intermarry.

4. 4

   To intermarry.

   [W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.

   [T]he holy ſeed haue mingled themſelues with the people of thoſe lands, […]

5. 5

   To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.

   a mingled, imperfect virtue

6. 6

   To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

   The physician […] proceeded to mingle another draught.

7. 7

   obsoleteTo put together; to join.

   Some dozen Romanes of vs, and your Lord (The beſt Feather of our wing) haue mingled ſummes To buy a Preſent for the Emperor: […]

8. 8

   To become mixed or blended.

   Many a tear would mingle in the cup of joy that they presented to the young couples and the wedding-guests.

9. 9

   To socialize with different people at a social event.

   And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time to mingle before you step into the kitchen.

noun

1. 1

   The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group.

   When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.

2. 2

   obsoleteA mixture.

Forms

plural

mingles

past tense

mingled

past participle

mingled

present participle

mingling

third person singular

mingles