admixtion
(ædˈmɪkstɪən)
Also 7 admixion.
[ad. L. admixtiōn-em (also admistiōn-em), n. of action, f. admixt- or admist-, ppl. stem of admiscēre; see admixt. The form admistion also occurs.]
The mingling of one thing with another; the addition of an ingredient; admixture.
| 1432–50 Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. I. 389 But now thei be amendede thro' the admixtion of Englische men. 1599 Sir J. Hayward Hen. IV, i. 140 A people uncorrupt, without admixtion of forreine manners of bloud. 1615 Crooke Body of Man 466 It is made of Arteries onely without any admixtion of Veines. c 1681 Sir T. Browne Tracts 132 Confusion, admixtion and corruption [of language] in length of time. 1822 T. Taylor Apuleius ii. 33 Two cups already half-full of water, only waiting for the admixtion of wine. |