English Dictionary: Mix | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for Mix | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mix \Mix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mixed}(less properly {Mixt}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Mixing}.] [AS. miscan; akin to OHG. misken, G. mischen, Russ. mieshate, W. mysgu, Gael. measg, L. miscere, mixtum, Gr. [?], [?], Skr. mi[87]ra mixed. The English word has been influenced by L. miscere, mixtum (cf. {Mixture}), and even the AS. miscan may have been borrowed fr. L. miscere. Cf. {Admix}, {Mash} to bruise, {Meddle}.] 1. To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of, as of two or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others; to unite or blend into one mass or compound, as by stirring together; to mingle; to blend; as, to mix flour and salt; to mix wines. Fair persuasions mixed with sugared words. --Shak. 2. To unite with in company; to join; to associate. Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people. --Hos. vii. 8. 3. To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to compound of different parts. Hast thou no poison mixed? --Shak. I have chosen an argument mixed of religious and civil considerations. --Bacon. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Mix \Mix\, v. i. 1. To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together. 2. To associate; to mingle. He had mixed Again in fancied safety with his kind. --Byron. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
MIX Knuth's hypothetical machine, used in The Art of Computer Programming v.1, Donald Knuth, A-W 1969. |