mingle
verb
- socialize, be in close proximity
- mix, put in close proximity
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪŋ.ɡəl/
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengelen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.
- 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.”
- A mixture.
verb
Etymology: From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming + -le. Cognate with Dutch mengelen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.
- 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.”
- To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship.
- To cause or allow to intermarry.
- 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, […]”
- To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
“a mingled, imperfect virtue”
- To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
“The physician […] proceeded to mingle another draught.”
- 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: […]”
- 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.”
- 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.”