Intermine

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To intersect or penetrate with minerals. obsolete

    "Her earth with Allome veines most richly intermin'd."

  2. 2
    Intermix; intersperse. broadly

    "After supper were brought in upon the place the fair wooden gospels—that is to say, many pairs of tables and cards—with little small banquets, intermined with collations and reer-suppers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Between mines. not-comparable

    "Previous researchers (for example, Grobbelaar, 2001), have investigated intermine flow."

Example

More examples

"Her earth with Allome veines most richly intermin'd."

Etymology

From inter- + mine.

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