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alloyed

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al·loy  (loi, -loi)
n.
1. A homogeneous mixture or solid solution of two or more metals, the atoms of one replacing or occupying interstitial positions between the atoms of the other: Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper.
2. A mixture; an amalgam: "Television news has . . . always been an alloy of journalism and show business" Bill Moyers.
3. The relative degree of mixture with a base metal; fineness.
4. Something added that lowers value or purity.
tr.v. (-loi, loi) al·loyed, al·loy·ing, al·loys
1. To combine (metals) to form an alloy.
2. To combine; mix: idealism that was alloyed with political skill.
3. To debase by the addition of an inferior element.

[Alteration (influenced by French aloi) of obsolete allay, from Middle English alay, from Old North French allai, from allayer, to alloy, from Latin alligre, to bind : ad-, ad- + ligre, to bind; see leig- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.alloyed - (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element
impure - combined with extraneous elements
2.alloyed - (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property
blended - combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable

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I could not decide whether she desired the return of her husband because she loved him, or because she dreaded the tongue of scandal; and I was perturbed by the suspicion that the anguish of love contemned was alloyed in her broken heart with the pangs, sordid to my young mind, of wounded vanity.
But to the knowledge of human fecundity and sterility all the wisdom and education of your rulers will not attain; the laws which regulate them will not be discovered by an intelligence which is alloyed with sense, but will escape them, and they will bring children into the world when they ought not.
 
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