Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mixing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mixed}(less properly {Mixt}); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Mixing}.] [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G.
mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere,
mixtum, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. mi[,c]ra mixed. The English word has
been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. {Mixture}), and
even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere.
Cf. {Admix}, {Mash} to bruise, {Meddle}.]
1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of,
as of two or more substances with each other, or of one
substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or
compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend;
as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.
Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak.
2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people.
--Hos. vii. 8.
3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together
of ingredients; to compound of different parts.
Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak.
I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and
civil considerations. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mixing
n : the act of mixing; "paste made by a mix of flour and water";
"the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
[syn: {mix}, {commixture}, {admixture}, {mixture}]
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