Min·gle v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mingled p. pr. & vb. n. Mingling ]
 1. To mix; intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product; to confuse; to confound.
    There was . . . fire mingled with the hail.   --Ex. ix. 24.
 2. To associate or unite in society or by ties of relationship; to cause or allow to intermarry; to intermarry.
    The holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands.   --Ezra ix. 2.
 3. To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
    A mingled, imperfect virtue.   --Rogers.
 4. To put together; to join. [Obs.]
 5. To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.
    [He] proceeded to mingle another draught.   --Hawthorne.
 mingling
      adj : combining or mixing [syn: blending, merging]
      n : the action of people mingling and coming into contact; "all
          the random mingling and idle talk made him hate literary
          parties"