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commixture

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com·mix·ture  (k-mkschr, k-)
n.
1. The act or process of mixing.
2. The result of mixing; a mixture.
Commixture a mixture or compound.
Examples: commixture of good and evil acts, 1607; of intellectual delights, 1643; of virtues and vices, 1601.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.commixturecommixture - the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
mixing, admixture, intermixture, mix, mixture
compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole


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Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more virtuous, but less innocent, than their descendants; for there is rarely any rising, but by a commixture of good and evil arts.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
Several also would have shocked a delicate instinct by an appearance of artificialness indicating that there had been such commixture, and, as it were, adultery, of various vegetable species, that the production was no longer of God's making, but the monstrous offspring of man's depraved fancy, glowing with only an evil mockery of beauty.
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