intermix

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English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ mix.

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Verb

intermix (third-person singular simple present intermixes, present participle intermixing, simple past and past participle intermixed)

  1. (transitive) To mix together; to intermingle or blend.
    • 2014 September 29, Douglas Quenqua, “Toolmaking May Have Risen Independently”, in The New York Times:
      Either that, or “you have two different groups of hominins with two totally different toolmaking traditions occupying the same landscape at the same time yet never intermixing,” said the study’s lead author, Daniel Adler, an anthropologist at the University of Connecticut.

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Noun

intermix (plural intermixes)

  1. An intermixture; the product of mixing together
    • 1973, Wilson Brian Key, Subliminal Seduction, →ISBN, page 83:
      This idealized structure may not exist in reality, considering the high divorce rate and the intermixes of maternal-paternal dominance characteristics.

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