Commixtion

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Mixture; a blending, uniting, or combining of different ingredients in one mass or compound.
  • noun. In Scots law, the blending of substances belonging to different proprietors, as two parcels of corn, giving rise to certain questions regarding rights of property.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Commixture; mingling.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
  • noun. The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling.
  • noun. coition; copulation; sexual intercourse.
  • noun. commixture; a commixed condition or state.
  • noun. A mixture; a compound.
  • noun. A technical term in Roman and Scottish law denoting a method of acquiring property by mixing or blending substances belonging to different proprietors.
  • noun. The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection.
  • Word Usage
    "If the first, why should I desire to continue any longer in this fortuit confusion and commixtion? or why should I take care for anything else, but that as soon as may be I may be earth again?"
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