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Definition of Mix in

1. Verb. Cause (something) to be mixed with (something else). "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts"

2. Verb. Add as an additional element or part. "Mix water into the drink"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mix In

mitumba mitumomab mity mitzva mitzvah mitzvahs mitzvot mitzvoth miurus miuruses

mivacurium mix mix-up mix and match mix apples and oranges mix in (current term) mix it up mix tape mix tapes mix up

mix ups mixability mixable mixblood mixbloods mixd mixed mixed-blood mixed-interval chord mixed-interval chords

Literary usage of Mix in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"... must be taken into consideration in determining whether the neutral owner intended or did not intend, by consenting to the transportation, to mix in the ..."

2. American Druggist (1885)
"mix in a mortar— 9 Argenti oxyd gr. vi Mix on a slab, and add to the contents of the mortar. Make up with glycerin, or glycerin and tragacanth Pulv. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The presence of 0.2 mM MIX in the incubation medium did not significantly alter the control levels of intracellular cAMP in GC harvested from small, medium, ..."

4. English Synonyms and Antonyms: With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald (1914)
"Mingle is commonly preferred to mix in figurative use; ... To compound is to mix in definite proportions, so as to form a composite product; as, ..."

5. An exposition of the Creed by John Pearson (1857)
"... nor yet so groundless an estimation of the great mystery of the incarnation, as to make the properties of one nature mix in confusion with the other. ..."

6. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"To blend is only partially to mix, as colors blend which fall into each other: to confound is to mix in a wrong way, as objects of sight are confounded when ..."

7. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order with Copious Illustrations by George Crabb (1904)
"... and individuals mix in a crowd so as to be lost; things are mingled together of different sizes if they lie in the same spot, but they may still be ..."

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