Mix1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. MIXED (less properly MIXT); p. pr. & vb. n. MIXING.] [A-S. miscan, O. H. Ger. miscan, misgan, N. H. Ger. mischen, allied to Lat. miscere, mixtum, Gr. μίγνυειν.]
Sense 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; to blend; — applied both to solids and liquids; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines.
Sense 2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate.
Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. Hos. vii. 8.
Sense 3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different essential parts; to mingle.
Hast thou no poison mixed? Shak.
I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. Bacon.
Mixed action (Law), a suit combining the properties of a real and a personal action. — Mixed voices (Mus.), voices of both males and females united in the same performance.