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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Mix \Mix\ (m[i^]ks), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Mixed} (m[i^]kst) (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. mi'sgein, migny'nai, 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.
4. To combine (two or more activities) within a specified or implied time frame; as, to mix studying and partying while at college. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
mixing
noun: the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" [syn: {mix}, {commixture}, {admixture}, {mixture}, {intermixture}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "mixing": FCC, FM broadcasting, Federal Communications Commission, admixture, alloyage, amalgamation, blending, broadcasting, coalescence, combination, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composition, eclecticism, fade-out, fusion, immixture, integration, interfusion, interlaced scanning, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, merger, mingling, mixture, monitoring, pluralism, radiobroadcasting, scanning, shading, standard broadcasting, switching, syncretism, telecasting, televising, tone control, transmission, vestigial transmission, volume control
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