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Commixtion

//kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The action of mixing or blending together; commingling. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  3. 3
    Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Of that commixtion they did then beget / This helliſh Dog, that hight the Blatant Beaſt; […]"

  4. 4
    Commixture; a commixed condition or state. countable, obsolete, uncountable
  5. 5
    A mixture; a compound. countable, obsolete, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors. Roman, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”).

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