Min·gle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mingled p. pr. & vb. n. Mingling ]
1. To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
There was . . . fire mingled with the hail. --Ex. ix. 24.
2. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands. --Ezra ix. 2.
3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
A mingled, imperfect virtue. --Rogers.
4. To put together; to join. [Obs.]
5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
[He] proceeded to mingle another draught. --Hawthorne.
mingling
adj : combining or mixing [syn: blending, merging]
n : the action of people mingling and coming into contact; "all
the random mingling and idle talk made him hate literary
parties"