Mĭn'gle1, v. t.
(mĭng'gl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. MINGLED; p. pr. & vb. n. MINGLING.] [A-S. mengan, mengcean, O. L. Ger. mengian, M. Ger. mengen, mengen, N. H. Ger. & D. mengen, Icel. menga, Sw. mänga, Dan. mänge, a multitude, crowd.]
Sense 1. To unite by mutual interpenetration of parts; to unite in one body, mass, or compound; to blend; to mix; to join; to compound; to confound; to confuse. “There mingle broils.” Milton.
Sense 2. To mix confusedly, irregularly, or promiscuously.
There was . . . fire mingled with the hail. Ex. ix. 24.
Sense 3. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship.
The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands. Ezra ix. 2.
Sense 4. To deprive of purity by mixture; to render impure; to contaminate.
The best of us appear contented with a mingled, imperfect virtue. Rogers.