mingle

verb

1. (transitive)To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product.

   “[T]here was hayle ãd fyre mẽgled with the hayle, […]”

   “Be aware of the smiling enemy, that openly sheatheth his weapon, / But mingleth poison in secret with the sacred salt of hospitality.”

   “Across the city yesterday, there was a feeling of bittersweet reunion as streams of humanity converged and mingled at dozens of memorial services.”

2. (transitive)To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
3. To cause or allow to intermarry.
4. To intermarry.

   “[W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.”

   “[T]he holy ſeed haue mingled themſelues with the people of thoſe lands, […]”

5. (transitive)To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.

   “a mingled, imperfect virtue”

6. (transitive)To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

   “The physician […] proceeded to mingle another draught.”

7. (obsolete, transitive)To put together; to join.

   “Some dozen Romanes of vs, and your Lord (The beſt Feather of our wing) haue mingled ſummes To buy a Preſent for the Emperor: […]”

8. (intransitive)To become mixed or blended.

   “Many a tear would mingle in the cup of joy that they presented to the young couples and the wedding-guests.”

9. (intransitive)To socialize with different people at a social event.

   “And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time to mingle before you step into the kitchen.”

noun

1. The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group.

   “When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.”

2. (obsolete)A mixture.

name

1. A surname.