mingle
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengelen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.
Base: ming
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: mingles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mingling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mingled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mingled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: mingle
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: mingle
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: mingled
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: mingle
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: minglest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: mingled
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: mingledst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: mingles
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: mingleth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: mingled
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: mingle
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: mingled
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: mingle
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: mingled
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: mingle
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: mingling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: mingled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: mingles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: [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.
gloss: To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To cause or allow to intermarry.
pos: verb
gloss: To intermarry.
pos: verb
examples: [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, […]
gloss: To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: a mingled, imperfect virtue
gloss: To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The physician […] proceeded to mingle another draught.
gloss: To put together; to join.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Some dozen Romanes of vs, and your Lord
(The beſt Feather of our wing) haue mingled ſummes
To buy a Preſent for the Emperor: […]
gloss: To become mixed or blended.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Many a tear would mingle in the cup of joy that they presented to the young couples and the wedding-guests.
gloss: To socialize with different people at a social event.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A mixture.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
Related words: among
mongrel
rub elbows with
Derived words: bemingle
commingle
enmingle
immingle
inmingle
intermingle
mingleable
mingledly
mingle-mangle
minglement
mingler
minglesome
minglingly
overmingle
remingle
single and ready to mingle
undermingle
unmingle
unmingled
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