immixture

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im·mix

(ĭ-mĭks′)

tr.v. im·mixed, im·mix·ing, im·mix·es

To commingle; blend.

[Back-formation from Middle English immixte, past participle of immixten, to intermingle with, from Latin immixtus, past participle of immiscēre, to blend : in-, in; see in-² + miscēre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots.]

im·mix′ture (-mĭks′chər) n.

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