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noun
The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Commixture; a commixed condition or state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A mixture; a compound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Roman, countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Scots law
Topics: law
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noun
The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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History
From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”).
