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noun
The act or process of mixing; the state of being mixed or becoming mixed; a mixture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
A compound of drugs; a medicinal concoction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A chemical compound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
In gilding, a mixture of amber, mastic, and asphalt used as a size or mordant for affixing gold leaf to wood or to distemper pictures.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
The addition of something as an ingredient; admixture; the presence of a heterogeneous element in a mixture or compound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A kind of cement made of mastic, amber, etc., used as a mordant for gold leaf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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History
From Middle French mixtion, mixion, and its source, Latin mixtiō, from mixtus (“mixed”).
