commingle, v.
(kəˈmɪŋg(ə)l)
[f. com- together + mingle; the more normal Eng. form is the obs. co-mingle; commingle imitates words like commix, commit, etc., in which the compound, or its elements are Latin or Romanic.]
To mingle or mix together, to blend: a. intr.
| a 1626 Bacon Phys. Rem. (J.), Dissolutions of gum tragacanth and oil of sweet almonds do not commingle. 1648 Herrick Hesper., To M. Henry Lawes, If thy voice commingle with the string. 1795 Southey Joan of Arc vi. 371 The frequent groan of death commingling with the storm. 1866 Motley Dutch Rep. iii. iv. 408 As incapable of commingling as oil and water. |
b. trans. (Mostly in pa. pple., which may orig. have been intr.)
| 1648 Herrick Hesper., Upon Julia's Recov., Health on Julia's cheek hath shed Clarret and creame commingled. 1795 Southey Joan of Arc ix. 356 And thither bear English or French alike commingled now. 1840 Howitt Visits Remark. Places Ser. i. 226 The shock which commingles earth and heaven. 1848 Lytton Harold xi. 301 A yell of such terror and woe and wrath, all commingled. |