admix

verb

ad·mix ad-ˈmiks

admixed; admixing; admixes

Synonyms of admix next

transitive verb

: to mix in

Examples of admix in a Sentence

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This is evident in the modern Chuvash, who have had a thousand years to admix with surrounding Slavic populations (and have). —

Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2012 Clinical Apothecaries uses compounding -- the combining, admixing, mixing, diluting, reconstituting, or otherwise altering of a drug or bulk drug substance -- to help treat patients in nonconventional medical practices. —

Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 18 Jan. 2018

Word History

Etymology

probably back-formation from admixt "mingled with," (taken as the past participle admixed), going back to Middle English, borrowed from Latin admixtus, past participle of admiscēre "to add as an ingredient" — more at admixture

First Known Use

circa 1522, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of admix was circa 1522

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