commixed, commixt, ppl. a.
(kəˈmɪkst)
[orig. ad. L. commixt-us, pa. pple. of commiscē-re, f. com- together + miscē-re to mix, mingle. After the formation of the vb. commix (see above), this was treated as its pa. pple., and spelt commix'd, commixed.]
Mixed together, commingled. (In early use chiefly participial: see the vb.)
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 404 Lyme and gravel comyxt. a 1592 T. Watson Poems (Arb.) 208 Teares commixt shall further forth my good. 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey i. ii. 3 Simple, as Clay, Moulde..Or commixt as..clayie, sandie Earth. 1610 P. Barrough Meth. Physick vii. xxi. (1639) 409 Commixed affects and causes. 1694 Westmacott Script. Herb. 8 It is..drawn from commixed apples. 1820 W. Scoresby Arctic Reg. I. 421 The two commixed masses. |